National Orchestra Festival Adjudicators and Clinicians Biographies

Louis Bergonzi is Professor of Conducting and Music Education (Instrumental: Strings) at the University of Illinois, where he specializes in conducting and string education/pedagogy and is Music Director/Conductor of the University Philharmonia. Prior to his 2005 appointment at Illinois, he was on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music for 17 years. While at Eastman he was Director of the Rochester-Eastman String Partnership Urban Project, a multifaceted program for preparing studio and group string teachers for work in urban settings. He is a past president of the American String Teachers Association and was string specialist and orchestra conductor for the Lexington (Massachusetts) Public Schools. He teaches each summer at the Illinois Orchestral Conducting Workshop with Don Schleicher. Active as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor of youth orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. He has written for the American String Teacher, the NSOA Newsletter, and the Journal of Research in Music Education. He is co-author of Effects of Arts Education on Participation in the Arts (National Endowment for the Arts, 1996) and of Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (GIA, 2002/2003/2007). His Rounds and Canons for Strings: Shaping Musical Independence is published by Kjos Publishers.

 

Pamela Tellejohn Hayes is nationally recognized for her work in the field of music education as an orchestra teacher, author, clinician, consultant, and conductor. Mrs. Hayes is the recipient of both the Merle J. Isaac Lifetime Achievement Award from NSOA and the Elizabeth A.H. Green School Educator Award from ASTA. She has been inducted into the SCMEA Hall of Fame, received the Order of the Silver Crescent from the Governor of South Carolina and the Citation for Leadership and Merit from ASTA with NSOA. Mrs. Hayes has served as president of the National School Orchestra Association, the South Carolina Music Educators Association, the Orchestra Division of SCMEA and the South Carolina chapter of the American String Teachers Association. She has appeared as a clinician and conductor at many state, regional and national conferences of MENC, NSOA, and ASTA. As a coordinator and teacher for 31 years, her award winning orchestras performed concerts on three separate occasions in Carnegie Hall. Mrs. Hayes is co-author of the comprehensive method book series Essential Elements 2000 for Strings. She is an educational consultant for the Glaesel Stringed Instrument Division of the Conn-Selmer Company. She has served as a member of the Editorial Board for the Music Educators Journal and has authored articles for The Instrumentalist, Orchestra News, The World of Glaesel Strings, American String Teacher, and the Music Educators Journal. Mrs. Hayes earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wichita State University, a Master of Education degree in Educational Administration and an Education Specialist certificate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Carolina. She currently resides in Lexington, SC with her husband, Larry, where she is a member of the South Carolina Philharmonic and adjunct instructor of violin and string methods at Columbia College.

 

Dr. William LaRue Jones is one of the most active and versatile symphonic conductors in America today, possessing a unique ability to work effectively with musicians at all levels of performing capability and experience. His conducting schedule includes a wide array of professional, festival, collegiate and student ensembles throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, ranging from the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minneapolis Pops to the Penang (Malaysia) Symphony, the Antofagasta (Chili) Symphony and the Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne (Switzerland). Dr. Jones has conducted over 80 All-State orchestras with additional festival/clinics in most of the 50 states and Canadian provinces. He has served extended conducting residencies at the North Carolina School for the Arts, the University of Miami, Interlochen Academy for the Arts and Kansas City Conservatory. He is a member of the conducting faculty at the International Workshops where he also serves as conductor of the International String Orchestra. He also is the founding artistic director of the critically acclaimed Conductors Workshop of America. In addition, Dr. Jones is a guest clinician for numerous conducting seminars for professional/educational associations internationally. A Texas native, Dr. Jones holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa and Kansas State University, with additional studies at The Juilliard School of Music and the University of North Texas.

Robert Gillespie, professor of music, is responsible for string teacher training at The Ohio State University, which has one of the largest and most extensive string pedagogy degree programs in the nation. Degree programs in string teaching include undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs and currently enroll over 35 students. His graduating students teach in school systems and universities throughout the country. Dr. Gillespie is the immediate past national President of the American String Teachers Association. He is a frequent guest conductor of all-state, regional, and festival orchestras throughout the country and Europe, and he has presented string teacher sessions, workshops, and conducted concerts at national and state music educator conferences in forty-three states and Canada. His string education articles appear frequently in all the major music journals. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, Essential Elements 2000 for Strings, the new Essential Elements for Strings Plus DVD publication, and Getting Started: Strolling Strings for MENC. He is also co-author of the new Oxford University Press book: Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building A Successful School Orchestra Program. He is co-author of the String Clinics to Go DVD series and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts for GIA publications. He received the Distinguished Scholar award given by his faculty colleagues in 2002-2003 in the School of Music at Ohio State University, and he is a member of the editorial committee of the Journal of Research in Music Education.

Anthony J. Maiello is presently Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony and teaches several conducting courses. His many professional credits include clinician, adjudicator and guest conductor of All-State, All-State Sectional, Regional, District, All-County and All-City ensembles, with appearances throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Europe, The Netherlands and The Bahamas. He conducted musical activities for the Gold Medal Ceremonies at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the New York State Music Camp & Institute; has served as New York State Music Association adjudicator; clinician with Yamaha, and clinician for Warner Bros. Publications, President of the International Association of Jazz Educators - New York State Chapter and as Musical Director for Music Festivals International. He is an elected member of The American Bandmasters Association and ASCAP, and holds membership in the National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, New York State School Music Association, Virginia Music Educators Association, Virginia Jazz Service Organization, The College Music Society, the American String Teachers Association, and The American Symphony Orchestra League. Mr. Maiello’s academic experience includes extensive teaching in the public schools. He served as Professor of Music and Chairman of Performance at the Crane School of Music, Potsdam College of SUNY, Potsdam, New York, where his duties included advanced instrumental conducting, applied clarinet, woodwind and percussion techniques; and conductor of the Crane Wind Ensemble. Under his direction, the ensembles at Crane and George Mason University have commissioned many new works, made numerous recordings and appearances statewide and at regional and national conferences in the United States and Canada.