Clinician/ Conductor

Clinician/Conductor/Adjudicator

Dr. Neff's 25 years of public school teaching and additional years in higher education have provided a wide array of opportunities to develop and lead ensembles in meaningful music-making experiences. These have included directing many school band, orchestra, and jazz ensembles, high school band and string ensembles for European tours, honors bands, sectional groups, and a concert band at New England Music Camp. Feel free to contact her to arrange to have her clinic, adjudicate, or conduct your ensembles/sectional groups.

Previous opportunities to collaborate with districts, colleagues, composers, and guest artists include:

Adjudicator - Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association, March 2022
Guest Conductor - Bucks County Music Educators Association Music Festival, MS Honors Band, March 2022
Guest Conductor - Carroll County HS Honors Band, February 2022
Guest Conductor - Frederick County MD All-County MS Honors Band, February 2022
Guest Conductor - PMEA District 12 HS Band, January 2022
Adjudicator & Clinician - Sixth Annual Milton Hershey School/Central PA Wind Conductors Society Music Performance Assessment Festival, Hershey, PA - March 2020 - MS and HS band and string ensembles
Clinician - P.S. DuPont Middle School, PA - March 2020 - Gr. 6-8 Bands, beginning horns
Guest Conductor - Sussex County Jr. High Honors Band Festival, February 2020 - Gr. 7-9 auditioned band members
Clinician - Haverford Middle School, PA - February 2020 - Gr. 7 Concert Band, Gr. 8 Concert Band
Adjudicator - Howard County Public Schools, MD - February 2020 - MS & HS Horn Players - Solo & Ensemble Festival
Adjudicator - Music in the Parks, June 2019 - Hershey Park, PA - Middle School Orchestras, Jazz and Concert Bands
Clinician - Skyview Elementary School, Methacton SD, PA, April 2019 - Grade 5/6 Concert Band
Clinician - Lower Macungie Middle School, Macungie, PA, December 2018 - Horn sectional, Concert Band, Jazz Band
Guest Conductor - Pennsbury Middle School Honors Band, PA, February 2018
Concert Band Conductor - New England Music Camp - 2014 - 2017
Clinician/Adjudicator - Pennsbury Middle School Honors Band & Orchestra, May 2017
Director for Bala Cynwyd Sr. Jazz Band, 2013 NAfME Eastern Division Conference, Hartford, CT
Guest Conductor - Anne Arundel All-County Middle School Honors Band, MD, February 2013
Concert Band & String Ensemble Conductor - American Music Abroad - 2008 - 2012
Guest Conductor - Susquehanna University High School Honors Band, PA, February 2011
Collaborator/Conductor for Schuylkill Valley Area Band Festivals - 2002 - 2018
Collaborator/Conductor for Schuylkill Valley Area Orchestra Festivals - 2002 - 2008
Director for VFMS Jazz Band performing with artist in residence Tony Vacca, 2007
Director for VFMS Orchestra, State Capitol Building, Harrisburg for Music in Our Schools Month, 2006