Camps & Workshops

Monday, January 25, 2021

Directors and Students,

Over the past few weeks we have had the pleasure of listening to approximately 700 auditions for the UNK Honor Band and Choral Clinic. We deeply appreciate your support for this endeavor.

Navigating a COVID landscape at UNK, and across our state, has been challenging in many ways. Organizing a traditional on-campus event with over 700 participants has proven to be a particular challenge. Working with university and district health personnel, we have come to the conclusion that hosting an on-campus clinic, even with restricted participation, is not prudent for the health and safety of students and teachers at this time.

As a result, we will be making two adjustments to the clinic:

1. The Honor Clinic will transition to an online/remote format, but will continue to be offered on Monday, January 25, 2021. While this will not be a ensemble/performance based format due to limitations with Zoom, we want students to have an opportunity to receive guidance within voice and instrumental areas that will benefit each student, and ultimately their respective music programs. With the transition to an online format this year, there will be NO cost to attend.

2. After pivoting to the online format, we decided that limiting participation as a result of auditions was not the best path forward. As a result, all students that completed an audition will be invited to attend the online clinic.

Registration links for the online Honor Clinic will be emailed to music directors on January 4, 2021, along with instructions for students to register for different components of the clinic.

Please keep in mind that there is no cost to attend the online Honor Clinic.

If you have any questions about the UNK Honor Band and Choral Clinic, please contact Dr. Brian Alber (alberbw@unk.edu).

HBCC Information Document