Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association National Think Tank

You are enthusiastically invited to a Think Tank to discuss ideas to find direction to achieve a successful National Conference in Melbourne in 2010. ABODA is an association to support you as a conductor and director of bands and orchestras in schools and the community. Your needs, your ideas, your inspiration and your energy is needed to help shape a major event. What do you want? This is a special opportunity and you are welcome to be part of it. Less experienced and very experienced teachers, conductors, music industry, administrators, mangers all are most welcome.

Date: Monday 28th January (public holiday) 1pm to 5pm.
Location: Carey Baptist Grammar School, 349 Barkers Road, Kew
Building: Urangeline, 1st floor – the building next the Laycock House.
Host: Roland Yeung - if lost ring Roland’s mobile 0432 445577.
Our special guest is Darryl Pope, ABODA National President from Adelaide.

Possible topics include:
    - conference theme and topics, possible guests
    - promoting band and orchestra research
    - conductor education vs teacher education vs director education
    - how to maximise conference participants numbers
    - parallel band and orchestra festival?
    - developing a tour itinerary for visiting international groups
    - possible location – CBD, metropolitan, regional location
    - how to maximising audience numbers
    - how to make it an international conference so it is different to State Conferences
    - proposed national wind band composition competition
    - role of technology
    - increasing the interest of sponsors and music industry
    - strands for band, orchestra, stage band, brass band, drum corp?
    - join conference with VBL, National Band Council, TOAN, etc?
    - proposed dates.

The aim is to lock in the concept in the next month or so, followed by appointment of interested and dynamic people to lead and manage conference projects. The action should really start in Term 2 and trickle through to 2009. Then the crescendo to the conference in 2010.

Your energy and contribution to band and orchestra professional development is needed to make ABODA relevant. Please come and encourage your colleagues to come too and please spread the word.

Please RSVP to Roland so afternoon tea can be arranged and discussion groups can be formed.

Put the Adelaide ANBOC July 3-6 2008 in your diary now!. Invitations to present at next years National Conference are open. The first due date is 18th January. Information at www.adodasa.org or contact Roland.

 


Roland Yeung
President Elect
ABODA National
Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association

Ph home (03) 9890 5646
Mob 0432 44 55 77
ryeung@optusnet.com.au

Music Director, The Grainger Wind Symphony Inc.
www.graingerwindsymphony.asn.au
Email: roland.yeung@graingerwindsymphony.asn.au

Director
of Music, Carey Baptist Grammar School
www.carey.com.au
Email: roland.yeung@carey.com.au