KANSAS INTERCOLLEGIATE ORCHESTRA

Schedule
Friday, February 28
9:30 Registration (Friends University Music Department)
10:00-12:00      Rehearsal
12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00-4:00          Rehearsal
4:00-6:30          Dinner Break
6:30-7:15 Dress rehearsal (In Century 2 Concert Hall)
7:30 pm          Concert

Repertoire
Joseph Bologne/arr. Meckler: Symphony Op. 11 No. 2
Sarah Wallin Huff: Adoré
William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama
Louis Prima: Sing, Sing, Sing

Rehearsal Guidelines
1. Performers will be sent bowed parts via scan.
2. All participants are expected to play in every rehearsal and the Friday afternoon pm concert.
3. All participants are expected to arrive 15 minutes early to each rehearsal and 30 minutes early to the Friday afternoon 6:30 pm Dress Rehearsal and KIO Concert.
4. No hats or cell phones are allowed in rehearsal.
5. Please remember that you represent your school, KASTA, and KMEA. Your language, actions, and attitude reflect not only upon you but also on these organizations.

Concert Attire
- Solid black tuxedo or suit, white shirt, black bowtie, black socks and black shoes.
- Ankle-length solid black dress, ankle-length black skirt or full-length black slacks (no black jeans), black tops with sleeves and a modest neckline, and black dress shoes.

Jacob Harrison serves as the director of orchestras and professor of conducting at Texas State University. In addition to leading the orchestra program, Dr. Harrison teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and conducts the major opera productions in the School of Music.

Dr. Harrison comes to Texas State from Iowa State University, where he served as the director of orchestral activities and taught advanced conducting. In 2014, Dr. Harrison received two awards for his teaching at ISU, the university level Early Achievement in Teaching and the college level Shakeshaft Master Teacher awards.

As an in-demand conductor and educator, Dr. Harrison maintains a busy schedule conducting professional orchestras, all-state and honor ensembles, and offering clinics around the country. Recent engagements include leading performances in Brazil with the Orquestra Sinfônica da UEL in Londrina, in Arizona with the Arizona Ballet and The Phoenix Symphony, in Tennessee the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, All-State Orchestras in Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, and North Carolina, and worked with university and high school orchestras in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. He is an ally of and vigorous advocate for living composers through the inclusion of their works in his programming along with commissioning and premiering new works for orchestra.

Dr. Harrison holds both the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting and the Master of Music Education degree from Arizona State University. He earned the Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Texas at Austin.