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About Total Band Director Workshop

Eckroth Music, in conjunction with Hal Leonard, is proud to present the TOTAL BAND DIRECTOR WORKSHOP on July 22nd & 23rd, 2026 at Rush Creek Golf Club. After the two-day workshop, directors will go home with new tools, materials, and music – not to mention a renewed excitement for teaching band! At the workshop you will learn creative, unique, and innovative ideas, discover great new music, material and tools for band, network with fellow teachers, as well as clinicians and staff, and have a lot of FUN.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Where is the workshop location?
• Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Grove, MN. The address is 7801 County Road 101 in Maple Grove.
• Do we need to bring our instrument?
• Yes! Everyone participates in the Reading Band sessions. No instrument available? That's OK. Eckroth Music will provide one; email [email protected]. Percussion is on-site.
• What should I wear?
• Business Casual attire is appropriate for the workshop. The workshop is held indoors; sometimes a sweater/jacket is nice to have along in case the air conditioning is working really well that day.
• What is the schedule?
• Registration/Continental Breakfast begins at 8:00 am on Wednesday, July 22. Welcome and introductions start at 8:25 am. On Wednesday evening, the Dessert and Clinician Round Table Q&A will finish at 7:00 pm. On Thursday, July 23, breakfast is served at 8:00 am and the first keynote speaker starts at 8:30 am. Thursday’s sessions conclude at 4:45 pm.
• What lodgings are available?
• 2026 Hotel information coming soon!
• Meals
• Your registration fee includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch both days. In addition, there is a social hour and dinner on Wednesday evening also included with the registration fee.
• Are Continuing Education Credits available?
• Yes, attendees can earn 20 hours of continuing education credits through the workshop. Eckroth Music will provide certificates to document the hours earned.
• Are there Graduate Workshop Credits available?
• More information coming soon!
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Scott Sheehan

About Scott Sheehan

Scott R. Sheehan is a nationally recognized music educator, advocate, and leader committed to advancing music education at the local, state, and national levels. He serves as Director of Bands and Music Department Chair at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania, where he directs the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band, and teaches courses including AP Music Theory, Songwriting, Introduction to Guitar, and Rock, Rap, and Revolution! Under his leadership, the district has been recognized by the NAMM Foundation as one of the Best Communities for Music Education for fourteen consecutive years.

Mr. Sheehan is the Immediate Past President of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), following service as NAfME President and Eastern Division President. He has held numerous leadership roles within the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and continues to support educator mentoring, curriculum development, and leadership training.

An educational clinician for Conn-Selmer and Hal Leonard, Mr. Sheehan is an active guest conductor, presenter, and consultant nationwide. His honors include the PMEA James Stewart Distinguished Service Award, Phi Beta Mu Bandmaster of the Year, Penn State’s Outstanding Music Educator Award, and recognition as a finalist for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award. He also is a member of the American School Band Directors Association, the National Band Association, and the Servant Leadership Association for Music. He performs on the trumpet and flugelhorn with the Altoona Brass Collective and the Hollidaysburg Community Band.

Richard Saucedo

About Richard Saucedo

Richard L. Saucedo retired in 2013 as the Director of Bands and Chairman of the Performing Arts Department at the William H. Duke Center for the Performing Arts at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. During his 31- year tenure, the Carmel bands received numerous state, regional, and national honors in concert band, jazz band, and marching band categories. Under his direction, Carmel’s Wind Symphony I performed at the Music for All National Concert Band Festival three times (1992, 1999, and 2004) and was named the Indiana State Champion Concert Band under his baton, most recently in 2013. The group also showcased its talents at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in December 2005. The Carmel Marching Greyhounds placed in the top ten at the Bands of America Grand National Championship for 17 years under Saucedo's leadership. They were crowned BOA National Champions in the fall of 2005 and 2012. In 2005, Carmel became one of the few schools to win a BOA National Championship while performing at the Midwest Clinic during the same year. The Marching Band was named the Indiana Class A State Champion four times. The Indiana Bandmasters Association honored Mr. Saucedo as Indiana’s “Bandmaster of the Year” for 1998-99, and he was recognized as the “Outstanding Music Educator” in Indiana for 2010 by the Indiana Music Educators Association. Mr. Saucedo’s achievements have been featured in articles by HALFTIME and SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA Magazines. He was inducted into the Music for All “Hall of Fame” in 2015 and recently joined the Drum Corps International “Hall of Fame” in 2022.

Mr. Saucedo is a freelance arranger and composer, producing numerous arrangements for marching bands, choral works, concert band compositions, and orchestral pieces. In addition to his work with Hal Leonard Publishing, he serves as the music ensemble coordinator for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps in Concord, California. He was the Brass Arranger/Composer for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in Rosemont, Illinois, from 1999-2008. The Cavaliers won five DCI world championships playing Saucedo’s compositions and arrangements. Mr. Saucedo is also an Educational Consultant for “Music for All” and “Bands of America.” He is a Conn-Selmer Division of Education member and Chief Judge Team Leader for Bands of America marching band competitions. He is married to Sarah, an interior design blogger. His daughter, Carmen, teaches elementary school in Indianapolis, and his son, Ethan, is a senior percussionist at Fishers High School in Fishers, IN.

Aaron Snipes, III

About Aaron Snipes

Aaron Snipes, III was born in Frankfurt, Germany and is a native of Americus, Georgia. He currently serves as the head band director at Braswell HS, a position he has held since moving to Texas in 2017. Since that time, the Braswell HS band has grown expeditiously from 75 students to its current size of approximately 250 students. The band program encompasses 4 concert bands, 5 jazz bands, 2 winterguards, a host of percussion ensembles, and a nationally competitive marching band. The Braswell Bands have consistently earned Superior Sweepstakes ratings at UIL events in the areas of concert & marching band. The B-Well Marching Band has been named a 2-time BOA Regional Grand Champion at the BOA Midland contest. The Braswell Wind Symphony was recently featured as a performer at the 77th Annual Midwest Clinic, one of the highest honors for any band to aspire to. In the spring of 2023, they were also selected and invited to perform at the 2023 Music for All National Concert Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. Additionally, they have also been named as National Winner of the coveted Mark of Excellence National Honors for the past three years.

Mr. Snipes has been named a Denton ISD “Educator of Influence” (given by the top 10 students) every year since arriving to Texas. Before coming to Braswell, Mr. Snipes served as the Director of Bands at Park Vista HS in Lake Worth, FL. During his 12 year tenure there, the Park Vista Band program won numerous awards, became the state marching champion for 3 consecutive years and was invited to be featured at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, New York. Park Vista quickly became recognized as one of the most elite programs in the state of FL and the Southeastern United States.

Mr. Snipes’ professional affiliations include being a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, Florida Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, the American School Band Directors Association, Drum Corps International, Winter Guard International and an active member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He is a certified adjudicator for Drum Corps International, Winter Guard International, USBands, and numerous state championship circuits. Even in the midst of a very hectic teaching schedule, Mr. Snipes remains active as a clinician, adjudicator and arranger. In his limited spare time, Mr. Snipes enjoys traveling and spending time with his mini-goldendoodle, Koda and his toy poodle, Zeke.

Dr. Travis Netzer

About Travis Netzer

Dr. Travis Netzer is the Lecturer of Low Brass at NSU. He directs the NSU Marching Band and Concert Band, and teaches applied lessons in Low Brass. He also teaches courses in Instrument Repair, Music Appreciation, Brass Methods, and coaches a student brass quintet and tuba/euphonium quartet.

Netzer grew up near Ipswich, South Dakota and attended NSU for his undergraduate degree. He attended Western Michigan University and Arizona State University for his Masters and Doctoral degrees, studying under Dr. Deanna Swoboda. He has competed in MTNA solo competitions, taking runner up at the national level in 2009. He also was a semi-finalist in the ITEC international solo contest in 2014. Netzer was awarded a Developing Artist grant from the South Dakota Arts Council in 2018 to help develop his musical project of Rock Tuba, where he uses electronics to distort his sound and play rock music.

Denese Odegaard

About Denese

Denese Odegaard was in music education for 40 years as an orchestra teacher and Performing Arts Curriculum Specialist in Fargo (North Dakota) Public Schools.

National service includes board member for both the American String Teachers Association Board (ASTA) and the National Association for Music Education Board (NAfME).

While on the ASTA Board (Secretary), she was chair of the Committee on School Orchestra and Strings and received the ASTA Citation for Leadership twice.

Her involvement in NAfME includes serving as North Central President and Research Advisor for the 3-5 grade National Music Standards writing team. From 2016-2018, she was the National President.

In North Dakota, Odegaard served as Executive Director of the North Dakota Music Educators Association for ten years and President of NDMEA (2001-2003). She also served as President of North Dakota String Teachers Association (1997-1999). Odegaard was member of the state music standards writing team in 2000 and 2019.

Odegaard authored Curriculum Writing 101: Assistance with Standards-based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing for Band, Choir, Orchestra and General Music (GIA); co-authored the ASTA Curriculum (Alfred); edited Kaleidoscope: A Collection of Standards-Based Lesson Plans for the K-7 General Music Classroom (Alfred); and co-authored the ASTA Curriculum Assessment Companion e-book for string music educators (ASTA).

She has presented curriculum and assessment sessions at international, national, and state conferences including Midwest, ASTA, TMEA, TODA, AMLE, ISME, and three Symposiums on Assessment in Music Education. Passions of Odegaard include mentoring new teachers, advocating for music education, creating professional development opportunities for music educators, and most of all, spending time with family.

Mark Dulin

Mark Dulin

Mark Dulin leads an active career as a performer and educator. He is a founding member of the Atlanta Chamber Brass and serves on the faculty of LaGrange College. Dr. Dulin has performed frequently with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Winston- Salem Symphony. He is a former member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, has performed as acting Co-Principal of the Florida West Coast Symphony, performed with the Orchestra Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (Spain), and served as Principal Trumpet of the Western Piedmont Symphony. Dr. Dulin is a former faculty member at the University of Akron, Winthrop University, the Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music, the University of North Carolina Charlotte and the University of North Florida. Additionally, Dulin has performed with the Charlotte Symphony Chamber Players, Florida Brass Quintet and the Atelier Ensemble. In October 2009 Mark Dulin gave the North American Premiere of Dimitri Shostakovich's Op. 41a with the Emerson String Quartet. Dulin has written articles for the International Trumpet Guild Journal including interviews with internationally acclaimed soloist Hakan Hardenberger, American Brass Quintet trumpeters, Kevin Cobb and Raymond Mase and Gabor Tarkovi, Principal Trumpet of the Berlin Philharmonic. He has also edited and arranged Thomas Morley’s Complete Canzonets for Two Voices for Two Trumpets. This collection is published by Balquhidder Music. Dr. Dulin also co-editor of the Long Tones Studies and Flow Studies Volumes One and Two by the late Vincent Cichowicz. He co-edited this book with Mr. Cichowicz’s son, Michael Cichowicz. It is published by Studio 259 Productions in association with Balquhidder Music.