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M. Max McKee
WIBC Board Member
Editor of Bandworld Magazine and co-founder of Western International Band Clinic, he is Professor Emeritus of Music at Southern Oregon Univ. where he served as Director of Bands from 1967 to 1994. He is now Executive Director of The American Band College mas- ters degree program in which over 200 candidates from over 47 states and 8 foreign coun- tries are enrolled. He also con- tinues as a WIBC Board mem- ber, has served on the Oregon Arts Commission and in 2014 was elected Chairman of the Board of the John Philip Sousa Foundation. He received the NBA Citation of Excellence and is a two-time recipient of the Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Certificate of Merit. In 1999 he was inducted into the Northwest Bandmasters Assoc. and received the Sousa Foundation’s highest award, The Medal of Honor. He is an elected member of the presti- gious American Bandmasters Association, hosted its 1988 national convention in Ashland and served on its Board of Directors from 2000-2002. Max was also presented the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic's Music Industry Award, the WBDI World of Music Award and the A.A. Harding Award by the ASBDA.
Mike Bankhead
WIBC U & WIBC Board Member Guest Ensemble Conductor
Retired Commander & Conductor of the United States Air Force Band, Washington D.C., Colonel Bankhead recently com- pleted his college ten- ure as the Chairman of the Department of Music at Utah State University. Prior to this appointment he served as conductor of the Green Bay (Wisconsin) Symphony Orchestra and was the Chairman of the Department of Music at Cal State University (Chico) and Sam Houston State University (Texas). He has also been active in extensive development of international music events and appears frequently as a guest con- ductor and clinician. He is an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. In addition to appearances at Western International Band Clinic, he serves as an American Band College faculty member of the Sam Houston State University masters degree program in Ashland, Oregon where he conducts the Directors' Bands for guest soloists.
Order of the Phoenix
Chosen in 1978 during the formation of Western International Band Clinic, the Phoenix insignia has served as our principal logo ever since. Beginning with the first convention in January of 1980, the Board of Directors created The Order of the Phoenix to acknowledge the contribu- tions of guest artists, clini- cians, and conductors of the performing bands.
“The Phoenix, that fabulous bird of Egyptian legend, lives for centuries, finally consuming itself in a great fire from which it immedi- ately rises to live again. The Phoenix (and the Order it inspired) is representative of the tremendous inspi- ration its members pro- vide fellow band directors, inspiration which lives on long after the events of the moment.”
2015 WIBC Staff
Registration
Robert Flynn Kathleen McKee Nell McKee
Usher
Kay Kassulke Nancy Burton Merilee Ott-Arau
Directors’ Band and Concert/Clinic Hall
Nancy Burton Paul Kassulke
T Lund
Merilee Ott-Arau
Honor Band Staff
Paul Kassulke Matthew Arau Danielle Davey Cathi Leibinger Mary Ann Vidourek
Honor Band Residents
Daniel Calise Alyssa Daunais Cassie Hunt Jordan Paulus Tessa Wendinger Travis Wendinger
Equipment Management
Ron Hazenberg
Recording & Sound
Ted Burton
Photography & Video
Elizabeth Lonergan Max McKee
Scott McKee
Stacy Swartout-McKee
WIBC U Staff
Dan Davey
Master of Ceremonies
Tracy Wright