On February 3rd and 4th, the students in the LHS Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will be attending the 2017 LHS Symphonic Band Camp. The LHS Symphonic Band Camp is a unique experience that allows our students to work with world class conductors and clinicians in preparation for Colorado Bandmasters Association’s regional competition. It’s an opportunity that most high school students do not have and we’re fortunate to have the reputation that allows us to bring in high quality guest artists through-out the year.
The LHS Symphonic Band Camp will feature two guest conductors who will work with the students during the camp. Dr. Shelley Jagow from Wright State University in Ohio will be conducting the LHS Wind Symphony, and Mr. Casey Cropp will be conducting the LHS Symphonic Band. Mr Cropp was the director of bands for Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Co for 26 years.
Dr. Jagow and Mr. Cropp will conduct the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band in a concert at the end of the Symphonic Band Camp. The concert will be at 4:00p.m. on February 4th, 2017.
Biographies
Dr. Shelley Jagow is Professor of Music at Wright State University (Dayton, OH) where she serves as director of the Symphonic Band and Saxophone Quartet. She earned top honors in Music Education degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and the University of Missouri (Columbia) where respective mentors include Marvin Eckroth, Dale Lonis, Martin Bergee and Wendy Sims. She earned her Ph. D. in Music Education at the Union Institute & University (Cincinnati) where Colonel Timothy Foley, Frank Battisti, and Edward Wingard served as her mentors. In addition to studies in education, saxophone and conducting, Shelley also earned the Certificate in Piano Performance IX from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and in 2009 was nominated for the “Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor Teaching” Award. …Read More
Mr. Casey Cropp graduated from Colorado State University in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education. He received his master’s degree in Multiple Intelligences and the Creative Arts in Education in 2001. In the spring of 2004 he was awarded a Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholarship to study Music and Education in Japan. Mr. Cropp retired from teaching in the spring of 2013 after 33 very special years of music making with students.
[su_expand more_text=”…Read more” text_color=”#777777″]Mr. Cropp had the honor of being the director of bands at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado for twenty-six years. RMHS bands were selected multiple times to the Colorado Music Educators Clinic/Convention, also performing at festivals in Denver, Colorado Springs, Longmont, Loveland, and Greeley. Rocky Mountain ensembles enjoyed performing in Paris, France and London, England for the New Years celebrations in 1994, 1997, and 2000, and also traveled to Washington, D.C. to perform for the 2004 Memorial Day Weekend, commemorating the World War II Memorial Dedication. Most recently, Rocky Mountain Winds performed multiple concerts in China for the Music Festival leading up to the Olympics in Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai during the summer of 2008.
Mr. Cropp has been a clinician for regional festivals and honor bands in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, New Mexico, Montana, and Paris, France. He continues to play professionally with several Northern Colorado ensembles, including the Colorado Brass Company and the Fort Collins Wind Symphony.
Mr. Cropp is a member of Phi Beta Mu, Colorado Bandmasters Association, Colorado Music Educators Association, is currently on the board of the Colorado Bandmasters Association and is the Coordinator of the state CBA Middle School Festivals. He was recently elected to the position of Chair Elect – Instrumental Affairs Council of the Colorado Music Educators Association, as well as being the Retired Band Director Representative for the Colorado All-State Band Review Committee. He received the National Band Association Citation of Excellence in May of 2013. He is honored to be selected as the 2016 inductee into the Colorado Bandmasters Hall of Fame.
Mr. Cropp is married to Karna, and they, as well as all three of their sons also graduated from Rocky Mountain High School.[/su_expand]