The UofSC Drum Major and Leadership Clinic provides high school leaders with three
days of instruction in basic conducting technique, score study, advanced musicianship,
vocal commands, salutes, music and marching instruction and dynamic leadership.
Three specialized levels of small-group conducting allow participants to delve into
intensive training equipping them to successfully lead their high school marching
band. The three levels are determined by a short audition following registration on
the first day of the clinic.
*New this Year: ALL students participate in leadership sessions that focus on motivation,
conflict resolution, and enhanced teaching techniques. (There is no longer a “leadership
track”)
Additionally, ALL students spend a morning session learning from the renowned leadership
clinician and speaker, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser.
Download the flyer here.
2019 General Schedule
Schedule subject to change; however, start and end times are fixed.
Thursday, June 20
8:15 a.m. - Registration and short conducting evaluation (2 minutes)
9:15 a.m. - Welcome and introductions / opening leadership and conducting activities
12:00 p.m. - Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. - Full group conducting / small group conducting / salutes / field instruction
6:00 p.m. - Dismiss
Friday, June 21
8:45 a.m. - Arrive
9:00 a.m. - Leadership session with Dr. Tim
12:00 p.m. - Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. - Small group conducting / full group conducting / leadership session
4:30 p.m. - College band information / Q&A session/ leadership session
6:00 p.m. - Dismiss
Saturday, June 22
8:45 a.m. - Arrive
9:00 a.m. - Full group conducting / small group conducting / salutes / leadership
session
12:00 p.m. - Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. - Small group conducting review
1:30 p.m. - Exhibition dress rehearsal
3:00 p.m. - Exhibition – parents and families invited!
4:00 p.m. - Dismiss
2019 Drum Major Clinic Registration has now closed.
Thursday, June 20 – Saturday, June 22
Location: Copenhaver Band Hall, 326 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Lodging: Lodging is available at area hotels. Contact the USC Band Office for recommendations.
Price: $110 – includes all instruction and materials, t-shirt, daily lunch and clinch bag
to hold all materials. (Lodging is not included in the camp price)
Lessons: $25- students can take optional one-on-one conducting lessons with our staff for
extra instruction and experience. Lessons take place in the evenings after the regular
sessions conclude.
For more information: uscbands@mozart.sc.edu, 803-777-4278.
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Guest Leadership Clinician
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser’s career involves 10 years of successful college band directing
at Northern Michigan University, the University of Missouri and New Mexico State University.
Dr. Tim has a long tradition at USC summer camps and is the industry’s leading motivational
speaker, focusing on the area of positive attitude and effective leadership training.
Clinic Instructional Staff
Tonya Mitchell
Tonya Mitchell is the assistant director of bands and assistant director of athletic
bands at the University of South Carolina where she assists with the Carolina Band,
directs the women’s basketball band, and conducts the University Bands. Mitchell also
teaches classes in the music education department. Prior to her appointment at USC,
Mitchell served as interim Director of Athletic Bands at Valdosta State University
in Valdosta, GA, where she directed the Blazin’ Brigade marching band, men’s and women’s
basketball band, and conducted the concert band.
Jack A. Eaddy, Jr.
Jack Eaddy is an active adjudicator, drill writer and arranger. His professional affiliations
include the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National
Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda, Music
Honor Society. Eaddy has contributed to the Teaching Music Through Performance in
Band series, published by GIA Music. Eaddy received the Florida Music Educators Association
Tom Bishop Award that recognizes a director in the state of Florida who has turned
a program around, making a positive difference in a short amount of time.
Justyn “JP” Davis
Justyn “JP” Davis is the assistant director of bands at Mauldin High School in Greenville,
SC. JP is in his 2nd year of teaching after completing his bachelor’s degree in music
education along with a certificate of performance at UofSC in 2017. So far at Mauldin,
he has helped the ensembles receive multiple superior ratings at concert and contest
performances, appeared twice at the SCBDA 5A State Marching Band Finals Competition,
and performed for the program’s first time at the 2019 SCMEA Professional Development
Conference. While in school at UofSC, he performed in all the university’s concert
ensembles and has been a featured soloist with the USC Wind Ensemble. In the university’s
athletic bands, JP served as Drum Major of the Carolina Band for 3 years and played
saxophone with the university’s pep bands. Professionally, JP is a member the National
Association for Music Education, and both Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Kappa Kappa Psi
National Honorary Band Fraternity, where he has previously served as vice president
of programs for the Southeast District of Kappa Kappa Psi and currently serves on
the National Ritual Performance and Education Committee. JP is very passionate about
leadership and spends his time contributing to leadership camps and workshops.
Ben Pouncey
Ben Pouncey is the band director at Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, SC.
Prior to Ashley Ridge, he was one of the band directors at DuBose Middle School. During
that time, the DuBose Middle School Band consistently earned superior ratings at the
SC Concert Performance Assessment and was a featured ensemble at the 2018 SC Music
Educators’ In-Service Conference. Pouncey graduated magna cum laude in 2012 from UofSC
with a bachelor’s degree in music / emphasis in music education. An alumnus of The
Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, he served as the corps’ drum major from 2009 to 2011
after having been a member of the trumpet section in 2007 and 2008. The Cadets are
10-time Drum Corps International (DCI) World Champions, having won their most recent
title in 2011. Ben was also the recipient of the 2011 DCI Jim Jones Leadership Award,
given each year to one drum major from both the World and Open Class.
