Guest conductor will perform at North High on March 29

Guest conductor Mark Davis Scatterday will lead the high school wind ensemble districtwide festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29 at North High School, 1595 Hopkins Road.

Williamsville Music Boosters invited Scatterday to direct this final event in the year's districtwide festival series. A donation of $3 at the door is suggested to help defray costs.

Scatterday is professor of conducting and chair of the Conducting and Ensembles Department at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, where he received a doctor of musical arts in conducting in 1989.

Previous to his appointment at Eastman, Scatterday was professor of music and chair of the Department of Music at Cornell University.

Scatterday maintains an active guest conducting schedule as well as researching and writing articles involving score analysis, performance practices, and conducting.

His articles on Venetian Renaissance wind music and the wind and percussion music of Karel Husa have been published in editions of Wind Works, College Band Director's National Association Journal, and Band Director's Guide.

Check the district calendar for time and location details for all festivals and other school concerts throughout the year.