AMEA 2015 Clinicians


Alabama Intercollegiate Band Conductor - Director Emeritus Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), was 25th Director of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. His acclaimed career spanned nine presidential administrations, from Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bill Clinton. Bourgeois is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. He joined the Marine Corps in 1956 and entered "The President's Own" as a French hornist and arranger in 1958. Named Director of the Marine Band in 1979, Bourgeois was promoted to colonel in June 1983. He retired from active duty July 11, 1996. As Director of "The President's Own," Bourgeois was Music Advisor to the White House. He selected the musical program and directed the band on its traditional place of honor at the U.S. Capitol for four Presidential inaugurations, a Marine Band tradition dating to 1801. He regularly conducted the Marine Band and the Marine Chamber Orchestra at the White House, appearing there more frequently than any other musician in the nation. Under Bourgeois' leadership the Marine Band presented its first overseas performances in history, traveling to the Netherlands in 1985 where "The President's Own" performed with the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. In February 1990, Bourgeois led the Marine Band on an historic 18-day concert tour of the former Soviet Union as part of the first U.S.- U.S.S.R. Armed Forces band exchange. He also directed the Marine Band on 16 nationwide tours, bringing the music of "The President's Own" to the American people.


Alabama All-State Show Choir Clinician - Paul Gulsvig taught vocal music for 33 years, and retired in 2006 from Onalaska High School in Onalaska, WI, where he taught for 28 of those 33 years. Paul’s desire to positively inspire all teachers and their students led him into a retirement career that he refers to as More Than Music. This career includes serving as retreat presenter, show doctor, motivational speaker, as well as conducting leadership and in-service workshops for school districts. He has assisted a wide variety of schools, including elementary, middle and high schools, college and graduate programs. Paul also serves as a show choir adjudicator and clinician, as well as All-State and Honor Choir clinician. His varied expertise and encouraging love of students and teachers has taken him to at least 30 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, California, as well as his home state of Wisconsin.He is most proud of his three children who have college degrees in music, two of which are choral conductors. In his spare time you will find Paul on the golf course, working out at the fitness center, or spending time with his grand twins, Hailey and Riley and their baby sister, Lily.


All-State Silver Jazz Band Clinician - Bob Lark serves as a Professor of Jazz Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where he directs the university Jazz Ensemble, teaches jazz trumpet and courses in jazz pedagogy and jazz style. Under his direction the DePaul Jazz Ensemble has produced several Outstanding Performance Awards from the Jazz Educators Journal, Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and has recorded albums with legendary jazz artists Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim McNeely, Jeff Hamilton, Slide Hampton, Tom Harrell, Ira Sullivan, Bobby Shew, Mark Colby, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra members Charles Vernon and John Bruce Yeh. Bob is an active clinician, soloist and guest conductor. He has served as host for the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, is the past-president of the Illinois Unit of the International Association for Jazz Education, and has chaired the International Trumpet Guild jazz improvisation competition. Throughout the 1990’s, Bob directed the Midwest GRAMMY High School Jazz Band. Prior to his appointment to DePaul University, he was an Assistant Professor of Music at Emporia State University, Kansas. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in performance from the University of North Texas, having earlier earned a Master of Music Education degree from the school, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University.


All-State Show Choir Choreographer - Jarad Voss is currently based out of Indianapolis Indiana. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and alumni of the Wisconsin Singers, Jarad has been professionally choreographing and teaching since 2004. Most of Jarad's year includes creating, staging, instructing, and motivating high school kids through competitive show choir. The creation of friendships and the unique ability to bring together a community are the foundations of his commitment to kids and schools. Instruction at non competitive festivals include, Show Choir Camps of America Illinois, Show Choir Camps of America Ohio, Univeristy of Nebraska Show Choir Camp, Mt Shasta Show Choir Camp, Shell Lake Show Choir Camp, Show Choir Camp Europe, Southern Experience Show Choir Camp, Alabama All State Show Choir, Mississippi All State Show Choir, Arizona All State Show Choir, Bay State Festival, and Hal Leonard Joy of Singing workshops. He would like to thank Paul Gulsvig, Dwight Jordan, Kye Brackett, and Robin Whitty for teaching him more than music.


All-State Gold Jazz Band Clinician - Tom Walsh is associate professor of saxophone and jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he also serves as coordinator of the Jazz Studies Department. He served as Woodwind Department chair from 2003 to 2010. An active performer of jazz and classical music, he has presented concerts and workshops in China, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, and across the United States. Premiere performances include Chris Rutkowski's Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008) and David Baker's Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (2004). He is featured on two CDs released on the IUMusic label: Holiday Celebration (2011) and Sylvia McNair's Romance (2012). His most recent solo CD release is Intersections (Arizona University Recordings, 2010), featuring Luke Gillespie on piano. Earlier solo CDs include New Life (2002) and Shaking the Pumpkin (1998). Other CD releases include the David Baker Concerto with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (Paul Freeman Introduces David Baker, Volume XII, Albany Recordings), Basically Baker with the Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (GM Recordings), and Sky Scrapings: Saxophone Music of Don Freund (AUR Recordings). His doctoral document, "A Performer's Guide to the Saxophone Music of Bernhard Heiden," is available free online via IUScholarWorks. A Yamaha performing artist and Vandoren artist, he also teaches at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops. Walsh holds degrees in saxophone performance and jazz studies from the Jacobs School of Music, where his principal teachers were distinguished classical saxophonist Eugene Rousseau and renowned jazz educator David Baker.


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