Dr. Christopher P. Heidenreich was appointed as the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at the Louisiana Tech University in the summer of 2021. At LATech, he conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Fall Wind Ensemble, Hoop Troop, and directs the Band of Pride. In addition, he teaches instrumental conducting, wind band orchestration, marching band techniques, and other courses in music education. In December 2022, he began volunteering as co-director and primary conductor of the Russ-Town Band of Ruston, LA. In June 2023, he was a conductor for selections at the New Music on the Bayou Festival held in Ruston and Monroe, LA.
From 2009-2021, Heidenreich served on the music faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint. His duties included conducting the Wind Symphony and Orchestra, as well as teaching courses in orchestration, wind literature, marching band, brass methods, applied trumpet, brass pedagogy, and classes in music education. From the spring of 2011-2021, he was the conductor of the Washtenaw Community Concert Band, an adult community band located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
From 2006-2009, Heidenreich served as Associate Director of Bands at Youngstown State University and Director of the YSU “Marching Pride.” He began teaching public school in Ohio in 1989 and served as Director of Bands at Lancaster High School, Lancaster, Ohio, from 1992-2003. While at Lancaster, his bands consistently were recognized for their excellence in both the concert hall and on the marching band field. His bands performed for the 1996 Bowling Green State University Reading Clinic and for the 1997 Ohio Music Education Convention held in Toledo, Ohio. In February 2002, he was awarded the American School Band Directors Association's “Distinguished Band Director” Award for Ohio and the North Central Region, recognizing young band directors for their achievements conducting concert and marching bands.
Heidenreich continues to be in demand as an adjudicator for concert and marching bands throughout Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. He has twice been a clinician Midwest Clinic, appeared three times at the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference, and the three times at the Michigan Music Conference. His presentations at the MMC have each utilized demonstration groups from the Flint area, including the Grand Blanc High School Wind Ensemble, the Flushing Wind Ensemble, and the Davison Symphonic Band. He has published articles in The Instrumentalist Magazine, Teaching Music for the National Association for Music Education, National Band Association NBA Journal, The International Trumpet Guild, The Association of Concert Bands journal, The World Association for Symphonic Bands Ensembles, and is a contributor to Teaching Music Through Performing in Band, Vols. 5, 6, & 7.
From 2009-2021, Heidenreich served on the music faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint. His duties included conducting the Wind Symphony and Orchestra, as well as teaching courses in orchestration, wind literature, marching band, brass methods, applied trumpet, brass pedagogy, and classes in music education. From the spring of 2011-2021, he was the conductor of the Washtenaw Community Concert Band, an adult community band located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
From 2006-2009, Heidenreich served as Associate Director of Bands at Youngstown State University and Director of the YSU “Marching Pride.” He began teaching public school in Ohio in 1989 and served as Director of Bands at Lancaster High School, Lancaster, Ohio, from 1992-2003. While at Lancaster, his bands consistently were recognized for their excellence in both the concert hall and on the marching band field. His bands performed for the 1996 Bowling Green State University Reading Clinic and for the 1997 Ohio Music Education Convention held in Toledo, Ohio. In February 2002, he was awarded the American School Band Directors Association's “Distinguished Band Director” Award for Ohio and the North Central Region, recognizing young band directors for their achievements conducting concert and marching bands.
Heidenreich continues to be in demand as an adjudicator for concert and marching bands throughout Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. He has twice been a clinician Midwest Clinic, appeared three times at the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference, and the three times at the Michigan Music Conference. His presentations at the MMC have each utilized demonstration groups from the Flint area, including the Grand Blanc High School Wind Ensemble, the Flushing Wind Ensemble, and the Davison Symphonic Band. He has published articles in The Instrumentalist Magazine, Teaching Music for the National Association for Music Education, National Band Association NBA Journal, The International Trumpet Guild, The Association of Concert Bands journal, The World Association for Symphonic Bands Ensembles, and is a contributor to Teaching Music Through Performing in Band, Vols. 5, 6, & 7.
He completed his Doctor of Music in Wind Conducting from Indiana University in the spring of 2006, and studied under the mentorship of Ray E. Cramer and Stephen W. Pratt. While at IU, he assisted with the Marching Hundred, held various guest conducting responsibilities with each of the wind bands, and continued trumpet study with Professor Joey Tartell. His doctoral project, completed in partial fulfillment of the degree, included creating a new edition of Gordon Jacob’s An Original Suite, composed in 1924. In addition to creating a full score from the published parts, the project attempted to maintain the original orchestration and scoring of the composer while eliminating numerous errors in both parts and score. The Boosey and Hawkes Windependence Series published the new edition in December of 2007. His new corrected edition of Glenn Cliffe Bainum’s arrangement of Basil Kalinnikov’s Finale to Symphony No. 1 in G Minor was released by Hal Leonard Publications in the fall of 2011. He continues to edit and arrange works for wind band, including a transcription of Grieg’s Piano Concerto for piano solo and band, as well as several Renaissance works for brass ensemble. He holds a Master of Arts in Music Education from The Ohio State University (1998) in which he continued studies in both conducting and trumpet, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Bowling Green State University (1989) where he graduated cum laude. Heidenreich was granted honorary membership in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, and holds memberships in the National Association of Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association and former chair for the state of Ohio, a lifetime member of the National Eagle Scout Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He and his wife Beth have two children and reside in Ruston, LA. Jillian completed her doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2023 and is now practicing in Visilia, CA, and Daniel is a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, a member of the 48th Rescue Squadron based in Tucson, AZ. Contact him via email at [email protected]. |
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