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sight-reading session, with the selections being requested by audience members on the spur of the moment. Over the years, the focus of the
Midwest Clinic has remained on connecting music directors with published music, new and established teaching techniques and the products and services for music educators.
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including a printed program, an additional band, and a new name: The Mid-West Band Clinic. The VanderCook
College of Music, Neil A. Kjos Music Company, and Lyons Band Instrument Company sponsored the event. For the next twenty-five years, the Hotel Sherman was home to the Midwest Clinic. In the 1950s,
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Midwest Clinic is governed by a Board of Directors. Members are appointed upon being selected and invited by the Board when its members determine a need for new members. Membership on the board carries responsibilities to attend and participate in meetings of the Board and its committees and to
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In the earliest years of the "Mid-West Band Clinic", the organizers - H.E. Nutt, Howard Lyons, and Neil Kjos Sr. - invited outstanding bands to perform, based upon the reputations of the organization and their director. In addition to giving a formal concert, the bands were also expected to provide a
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Chicago's West Side for a six-hour clinic and new music reading session. In 1947, the event was expanded to two days and moved to the Hotel Sherman to take advantage of the larger facility and accommodations for out-of-town directors. This second installment brought new features,
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More than eighty clinicians offer guidance and inspiration covering facets of instrumental music. Past clinicians include
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Performances are given by organizations from around the world. Grade school, middle school, high school, college, military, adult, and professional groups all present concerts. The
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was used in addition to the Hilton for hosting clinic events. With the addition of this facility, the Midwest Clinic was able to present more clinics. In 1999, the
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