WIBC U

09/11/2024

⭐️WIBC U is a convention with the college music student and their directors in mind. You will interact with some of the best composers and clinicians in the music business. Attend clinics, concerts, and rehearsals as you learn more about your craft.

🎶Play in the Intercollegiate Honor Band with college students from all over the United States. Perform with trumpet soloist Allen Vizzutti at WIBC U.🎺🎺🎺

🗓️The audition deadline is Oct. 18th!

08/30/2024

Band Directors: learn all about WIBC 2024!

⭐️ Western International Band Clinic, WIBC, takes place in SeaTac, Washington
⭐️ November 22-25, 2024
⭐️ 4 High School Honor Bands, a College Honor Band, Director Clinics, Evening Concerts
⭐️ Guest Conductors: Kevin Day, Randall Standridge, Brian Balmages, Robert Sheldon, Robert Ponto, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
⭐️ Guest Artist group Mariachi Sol de Mexico 🎻🎺
⭐️ Recorded auditions due online 10/11 (high school students) and 10/18 (collegiate students)
⭐️ Band Directors have their own schedule and may earn clock hours
⭐️ WIBC Young Teacher track designed for teachers that are just getting started with their careers (1-5 years of teaching experience)

🎶 Learn more at bandworld.org/WIBC

02/08/2024

What a fun night with a bunch of friends here at TMEA in San Antonio!! Always a fun time with the Boston Brass!! Looking forward to your concert tomorrow night with the Dallas Winds!

09/04/2023

We are excited to present a brand new Young Teacher Track at WIBC 2023! This track is designed for teachers that are just getting started with their careers (1-5 years of teaching experience). Mr. Todd Zimbelman, Director of Bands from West Salem in Oregon and ABA Member, will be the YTT coordinator, presenting rehearsal technique clinics full of ideas for educators to bring back to their band rooms.

* Focus on topics pertinent to teachers with five or less years of teaching
* Earn clock hours as you attend clinics, sight-reading sessions, and concerts
* This track is at no extra charge. Register as a director and attend.

WIBC takes place November 17-20, 2023 in Seattle, WA. Collegiate auditions are due electronically on October 13. Find out more on our website: https://www.bandworld.org/WIBC/

09/01/2023

The collegiate students enrolled in WIBC U 2023 will have the chance to collaborate with composer and conductor Julie Giroux! Julie be conducting the Intercollegiate Honor Band and giving a composer talk for the WIBC college students and directors. We are so thrilled to host Julie and give our honor band members the musical experience of a lifetime! 🎶🌟

Julie Ann Giroux was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on December 12, 1961. She graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA in 1984. She started playing piano at 3 years of age and began composing at the age of 8 and has been composing ever since. Her first published work for concert band, published by Southern Music Company was composed at the age of 13. ✍️

Julie began composing commercially in 1984. She was hired by Oscar winning composer Bill Conti as an orchestrator, her first project with Conti being “North & South” the mini-series. With over 100 film, television and video game credits, Giroux collaborated with dozens of film composers, producers, and celebrities. Projects she has worked on have been nominated for Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Golden Globe awards. She has won individual Emmy Awards in the field of “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction”. When She won her first Emmy Award, she was the first woman and the youngest person to ever win that award. She has won it three times. 🎬📽️🎞️

Giroux has also published, recorded, and reviewed internationally, receiving top reviews and her music has been performed at major music festivals the world over. 🎼🎹🌎

Giroux has been a true force in a male dominated field and has accrued many previously male only awards. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Service to Music Medal Award, Emmy Awards and was the first female composer inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 2009. 🙋‍♀️

WIBC takes place November 17-20, 2023 in Seattle, WA. Collegiate auditions are due electronically on October 13. Find out more on our website: https://www.bandworld.org/WIBC/

Welcome to the WIBC family, Julie Giroux!

08/30/2023

The Western International Band Clinic U (University) is a convention with the college music student and director in mind. Students will interact with some of the best composers and clinicians in the music business while attending clinics, concerts, and rehearsals. You will have a chance to play in the Intercollegiate Honor Band with college students from all over the United States alongside euphonium soloist Demondrae Thurman and guest composer Julie Giroux at WIBC U. Students will also work with Dr. Erik Leung (Oregon State University), Danielle Davey (Mount Hood Community College), Paul Bain (Western Washington University), and tuba soloist and conductor Patrick Sheridan.

The audition deadline is Oct. 13th.

Don't miss out on this exciting conference! https://www.bandworld.org/WIBC/

03/15/2023

College students, you get to collaborate and learn from Julie Giroux this November! WIBC U is a convention with the college music student and their director in mind. Attend clinics, concerts, and rehearsals as you learn more about your craft. Play in the Intercollegiate Honor Band with college students from all over the United States! We are so excited to welcome Julie to Seattle and hope that you will join us November 17-20, 2023!

10/14/2022

⏰🗓🎶 Deadline is Friday for WIBC U audition submissions! Perform with Julian Bliss and make lifelong memories in Seattle!

WIBC U collegiate musicians, tomorrow (10/14) is the deadline to submit your audition files! Don’t miss your chance to perform live with November 18-21 in Seattle!

10/12/2022

Are you a collegiate student who is passionate about performing high quality literature under the baton of masters in the band field? WIBC U will offer you a convention rich with workshops, rehearsals, and performances that will change your life. Meet other like-minded musicians and play together November 18-21 in Seattle. WIBC U audition files are due on October 14! Join us!

10/06/2022

We are so fortunate to have Dr. Peter Boonshaft as a guest clinician and conductor at WIBC this year! High school students, you have two days to get your audition files in (October 7 deadline). Join us for a life changing journey as you bond with other like-minded students, learn from the masters, and perform! We look forward to hearing your audition! WIBC takes place November 18-21 in Seattle. Collegiate students, your audition files are due next Friday (October 14). Check out our website for more information!

http://bandworld.org/WIBC/Home.aspx

10/01/2022

Join us!

“Happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s wanting what you get.” We are so grateful to Dr. Tim for being the beating heart of WIBC and WIBC U. Join us in Seattle November 18-21 and work with Dr. Tim alongside five amazing conductors to put on one of the most meaningful concerts of your life! Check out our website for more information. October 7 (high school) and October 14 (collegiate) audition deadlines coming up next week!