KANSAS INTERCOLLEGIATE ORCHESTRA

2022-2023

James Mick, conductor
(see bio below)

Friday, February 24, 2023 – KMEA Convention
All rehearsals and the performance will take place on Friday, February 24, leaving Thursday and Saturday open for KMEA ISW attendance.

Rehearsal Location
Wichita State University
Duerksen Fine Arts Center
2102 N Hillside Street
Wichita, KS 67214

Performance
Friday, Feb. 24, 7:30pm, Century II Concert Hall

Registration Deadline
December 16, 2022

Participation
All string players from Kansas colleges are invited to participate. The auditions are for seating purposes only. The deadline for submission of your video auditions is December 16, 2022.

$25 participation fee (with lunch included) is due before the first rehearsal. See payment info below.

Prepare one piece and scale representative of your playing ability (you can use a piece you are working on for your instrument juries).

Record a video of your performance, and upload it to YouTube. You can upload it as unlisted.

Fill out this form and attach your video to it.

Payment Info
Payment can be made by check or PayPal.

Send checks (made out to KASTA) to: 
Michael Harbaugh, KASTA Treasurer
1322 N Mill Street
Beloit, KS 67420
- OR -
Pay using the PayPal link HERE

Schedule
Friday, February 24
9:30 Registration (WSU Duerkson Fine Arts Center, Miller Concert Hall)
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
Boyce: Symphony No. 2
Coleridge-Taylor: Novelleten, Op. 52, No. 4
Price/arr. Perna: The Old Boatman
Wharton: Hoedown

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 these organizations.

Concert Attire
- Solid black tuxedo or suit, white shirt, black bow-tie, 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.

Conductor Bio

James Mick, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Music Education at Ithaca College in upstate New York. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in string pedagogy, orchestral rehearsal techniques, instrumental conducting, and the psychology of music teaching and learning. In 2020, Dr. Mick was awarded Ithaca College’s Faculty Excellence Award.

A passionate music educator and ardent supporter of public-school music programs, Dr. Mick regularly works with public school students of all ages and abilities. He frequently conducts students in a variety of settings ranging from individual school and all-district events to all-county and all-state honor festivals. Recent and upcoming All-State orchestra appearances include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, and Wyoming. Internationally, he has worked with student ensembles in the United Kingdom and Belgium.

In addition to his guest conducting appearances, Dr. Mick has served as music director and conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra since 2015. The RPYO performs several concerts per year in various locations across the Rochester community including an annual side-by-side performance with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall. He has also led the RPYO in concert at the esteemed Carnegie Hall in New York City and at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. In 2021, the RPYO was selected for Midori’s Orchestra Residency Program. The project culminated with a virtual concert featuring Midori performing a new violin concerto composed by Derek Bermel. Prior to his involvement with the RPYO, Dr. Mick was the music director of the Ithaca Community Orchestra where he proudly worked with a diverse group of musicians representing a wide range of ages and experiences. His primary conducting mentors are Alexander Jiménez and Germán Gutiérrez.

A popular clinician, Dr. Mick has presented at numerous state, regional, and national conferences including the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Conference and The Midwest Clinic: An International Band & Orchestra Conference. He has been invited as the featured orchestra/strings clinician at music education conferences in Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Texas, and an invited guest speaker at a variety of higher education institutions.

Dr. Mick’s research interests include adjudication reliability, performance perceptions, school string program viability, and string instrument vibrato characteristics. His scholarly work has been published in various journals including Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and String Research Journal in addition to regional and state music education journals. Dr. Mick has also contributed pedagogical book chapters to The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States and to Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra, Volume 4, for which he served as lead co-editor and compiler. In addition to his scholarly writing, Dr. Mick serves on the editorial board of the String Research Journal and is a past-President of the New York State chapter of the American String Teachers Association.

Originally a native of Kansas, Dr. Mick previously taught elementary and middle school orchestra in Texas, and high school orchestra and jazz in New York. He holds degrees from Florida State University, Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education; Ithaca College, Master of Music in Music Education; and, Texas Christian University, Bachelor of Music Education. Outside of his academic pursuits, Dr. Mick is an avid bicyclist who enjoys spending time with his wife, Elizabeth Moore, DVM, PhD, restoring their c.1883 downtown Ithaca home.