22. Facilities! Construction, renovation & more (w/Tark Katzenmeyer & Dave Lumley)

Band is Everything (formerly Band in Minnesota)

Facilities age and new schools are built. If you are a band director fortunate enough to be faced with new construction or renovations what so you do? Who do you turn to for information? Our two guests today have firsthand knowledge of the process. This conversation will provide you a check-list of things to do or think about for renovations or new construction of music facilities.

Tark Katzenmeyer has taught for 18 years in both Minnesota and Florida, with teaching experience at the Middle School Level and the High School Level. He has directed the bands at Woodbury High School for seven academic years. An advocate of chamber music, Tark has done extensive research of effective implementation of chamber music into a high school band program, and believes in the power of small group musicianship. An active performer, Tark has played performances with the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, the Bloomington Medalist Concert Band, the Florida Wind Band, the Southern Winds, the VanderCook College of Music Jazz Ensemble, and various chamber music organizations.

Dave Lumley is the Director of Bands at Sartell-St. Stephen High School. Prior to this position he was the Band Director at Cambridge-Isanti HS from 2007-2011. At Sartell he directs two HS Bands, the 8th Grade Band, two Jazz Bands, Pep Band, and the Summer Marching Band. He has served as the Minnesota Music Educators Association Region 8AA Representative since 2018. He also performs most weekends, as a singer and guitarist in a solo acoustic act and also in a cover band.

Show timings:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:51) Description of new facility in Sartell

(05:32) Description of renovation in Woodbury

(11:48) What did you learn and what would you do differently

(15:33) HVAC systems

(19:14) Humidity Control

(20:03) Project timelines

(24:20) Technology

(29:03) Final thoughts

And that wraps up this episode.

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Other Resources

Show Hosts

Jerry Luckhardt https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/luckh001

Bradley Mariska https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-mariska-63ba2855

Facebook Website (Band in Minnesota) https://www.facebook.com/Band-in-Minnesota

Woodbury High School Band Website http://whsbb.org/wp/

Marc Dubois (project architect) website http://komainc.com/staff/marc-dubois/

Sartell-St. Stephen ISD 748 https://www.sartell.k12.mn.us/SHS