Band Arranging
Date
February 14-May 8, 2022
Course Code
MECA: 7152 Grad: 522
Credits
3 Graduate Credits
Tuition
$1065, due in full with registration for MECA Students. $1140, due in full with registration for MMEd Students.
Course Description
Hone the skills and techniques for arranging concert band and wind ensemble compositions, and learn the instrumentation, devices, techniques and types of scoring that can be used. Students will prepare one full arrangement as part of this course. This course fulfills the requirement for band-track candidates who are completing the MMEd degree program at VanderCook.
Enrollment is limited to 10.
Tuition
MECA Students
3 Graduate Credits
$1,065, due in full with registration
MMEd Students
2 Graduate Credits
$1,140, due in full with registration
Instructor
Ken Snoeck recently retired after a 35-year teaching career, the last 23 of which were at Lake Park High School in Roselle, IL. While at Lake Park, Snoeck’s concert bands toured Moscow in 1997, performing concerts with the band of the Russian Defense Ministry. In 2000, his concert bands toured France, performing a joint concert with the French Navy Band in Toulon. The Lake Park Wind Ensemble was also an Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival contest participant on multiple occasions.
Snoeck received a Bachelor of Science degree in education and Master of Music degrees from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. In 1973, Snoeck was awarded the College Band Directors National Association’s Best Original Manuscript for the Biennium 1971-1973 composition prize for “Scaramouch”, Symphony No. 3 for Winds and Percussion. He was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame in 2004 and awarded an honorary doctorate from VanderCook in 2008. Since retiring from full time teaching, Snoeck has devoted his time to music composition, arranging and adjudication, traveling to Canada and across the U.S. as a judge for numerous band events.