Rodney Winther

Rodney Winther is currently in his eighth year as Director of Wind Studies and Professor of Music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His duties at CCM include conducting the Wind Symphony, Chamber Winds and the CCM Chamber Players, while also teaching Masters and Doctoral students in Wind Conducting. He has been invited to conduct many of the world’s finest ensembles and to speak at numerous conventions. His workshops and concerts in Venezuela were recognized two years ago, when he was awarded the Otorga Botón Honor al Mérito by the Governor of the State of Tachira – the first American to receive this honor. His book - An Annotated Guide to Wind Chamber Music - has already been hailed as a much needed and valuable resource in this ever-growing area, and is published by Warner Brothers Publications. His reputation and experience recently resulted in his being selected for inclusion in “Who’s Who in Fine Arts Higher Education”.
Wind Chamber Music from Around The World 13th July 2005 (10:45am to 12:15pm) We are currently at the beginning of what may be the next major development in our profession – the creation of wind chamber music ensembles that exist outside of our current band structure. At no other time in our history has wind chamber repertoire been so performed, researched, recorded and discussed than in this current millennium. We have, at the College- Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati), two full-time chamber music ensembles that each give six concerts, collectively performing over forty works yearly that were written for this genre. Mr Winther’s clinic will discuss how to set up a dedicated wind chamber music ensemble within your curriculum, and then explore a worldwide sampling of repertoire composed in the past 125 years.