Adjudicator: Glen Gillis
Glen Gillis, Professor of Music, conducts the Concert Band and several saxophone ensembles, and teaches saxophone, conducting, and music education courses at the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Gillis has remained active as a clinician and adjudicator for solo/ensemble festivals/workshops as well as conducting honour ensembles. As director of the U of S Wind Orchestra from 2001-10, the ensemble released three commercial CDs in 2005, 2007, and 2009. In 2004 he created the Band Directors Professional Development and the High School Select Wind Orchestra and in 2005 the North Saskatchewan Wind Symphony,
Dr. Gillis is a Conn-Selmer Saxophone Artist/Clinician and has performed in North America, Europe, and China as well as numerous conferences such as the World Saxophone Congresses and the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial and Regional Conferences, He released SaxSpectrum (2009) and SaxSpectrum 2 (2014) through MSR Classics performing many of his compositions (Eighth Note Pub) and commissioned works, all world premiere recordings. International music magazines such as Fanfare, American Music Guide, BBC Music Magazine, and Gramophone gave stellar reviews of his CDs. SaxSpectrum 2 also received a nomination for the 2015 Instrumental Recording of the Year from the Western Canadian Music Awards.
Dr. Gillis has written many articles that appear in the Canadian Music Educator, Canadian Winds, Encyclopaedia of Music in Canada, Teaching Music through Performance in Band (Vol. X), and Teaching Music through Performance in Middle School Band. He has presented at several international conferences such as the Midwest Clinic, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, College Band Directors National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, and the British Forum for Ethnomusicology.
Dr. Gillis’ professional affiliations include WASBE, CBDNA, SBA/CBA, SMEA/CMEA, NAfME, SOCAN, NASA, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.