Illinois Band Conductors Symposium
Clinicians

February 14–15, 2025

Dr. Geraldi is the director of the Illinois Bands and associate professor of conducting in the University of Illinois School of Music.

Prof. Green is professor emeritus of conducting and director emeritus of University Bands at the University of Miami, where he taught from 1993 to 2015. In addition to supervising all band activities, he was the conductor of the renowned Frost Wind Ensemble, supervised all graduate conducting students in the wind and percussion area and served as the chairman of instrumental performance for seventeen years. Under his direction, the Frost Wind Ensemble performed on two separate occasions for the convention of the American Bandmasters Association as well as twice for the national convention of the College Band Directors National Association. 

Throughout his career, Green was influential in commissioning and recording new works for winds and percussion. These commissions include composers Joel Puckett, Mason Bates, Michael Daugherty, David Maslanka, Paul Dooley, Steven Bryant, James Stephenson, Christopher Theofanidis, John Harbison, Eric Whitacre, Frank Ticheli, and others. Urban Requiem by Michael Colgrass was commissioned by the Abraham Frost Commission Series and has become a standard in the repertoire for wind ensemble.

Throughout his career, Green has received numerous honors and awards. His recent conducting activities include events in Florida, Texas, Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland, Georgia, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and others. In addition, he has conducted all state, regional, national, and international honor bands, most notably in Taipei, Taiwan.