Livingston Parish Honor Band

At left, Dr. Glen J. Hemberger conducts rehearsal of the 2010-2011 Livingston Parish High School Honor Band prior to the concert at Denham Springs Junior High School Jan. 8. Hemberger is Associate Professor of Music, Director of Bands, and conductor of the Wind Symphony at Southeastern Louisiana University. As a clinician, conductor, and lecturer, he has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Australia. Prior to his 1999 appointment at Southeastern, he served as Associate Director of Bands at Oklahoma State, on the faculty at the University of Rhode Island, and as Director of Bands at Thornton High School in Colorado. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and master’s in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Colorado and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting and Repertoire from the University of North Texas. Among ensembles he has conducted around the globe: National Taiwan University Wind Orchestra, Melbourne Youth Symphonic Wind Band, New Orleans Civic Symphony Orchestra, the U.S. Coast Guard Band and (the first American ever) the Chinese Military Armed Police Band at Tiananmen Square. He has been awarded the 2004 Hammond Regional Arts Award, the 2005 Faculty Award for Excellence in Artistic Activity from the College of Arts and Sciences, and the 2007 Southeastern President’s Award for Excellence in Artistic Activity. He is a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Northshore Advisory Board.