Events
I am always looking for new clinics, workshops, performing opportunities and commissions of new music for all ensembles.
I love getting to know new people and working with kids!
The easiest way to reach me is:
email address: milasyoes@gmail.com
Facebook private message
I am currently booking carefully distanced and masked concert band, brass, trombone as well as jazz band and jazz improvisation clinics for the 2022 school year. I have been vaccinated and received a booster as well. I am available for zoom lessons and clinics.
January 2022:
28 Friday Arizona Music Educators Conference Mesa, Arizona Presentation, The All Inclusive Classroom: Creative Composition and Improvisation Strategies For Band, Choir and Orchestra Directors
29 Saturday Arizona Music Educators Conference Mesa, Arizona Presentation, Jazz Band Reading Session with the Mesa Community College Jazz Ensemble sponsored by J.W. Pepper Company
29 Saturday Arizona Music Educators Conference Mesa, Arizona Presentation, Rethinking “Success”: Defeating COVID One Kid At A Time moderator of a panel discussion with five band directors from elementary, jr. high and high schools.
February:
9 Wednesday Recording session at the Conservatory of Recording Arts Gilbert, Az.
10 Thursday Concert band clinic at Stapley Jr. High, Mesa, Az.
11 Friday Jazz clinic at Verrado High School Buckeye, Az.
12 Saturday Concert with George Benson, Dennis Rowland and the Scottsdale Community College Jazz Band
15 Tuesday Concert with Grammy Award winners Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal featuring Kris Berg’s Metroplexity Big Band Casper College, Casper, Wy.
23 Wednesday Concert band clinician at the Desert Mountain Area Concert Festival, Scottsdale, Az.
24 Thursday Concert band clinician at the Camelback Area Concert Festival, Phoenix, Az.
25 Friday Concert band judge at the Camelback Area Concert Festival, Phoenix, Az.
March:
1 Tuesday Concert band clinician at the Desert Ridge Area Concert Festival, Gilbert, Az.
2 Wednesday Concert band clinician at the Glendale District Concert Festival, Independence H.S. Glendale, Az.
3 Thursday Concert band judge at the McClintock Area Concert Festival, Tempe, Az.
4 Friday Jazz band judge at the Area Jazz Concert Festival, Chandler Gilbert C.C. Gilbert, Az.
8 Tuesday Jazz band judge at the Area Jazz Concert Festival, Sandra Day O’Connor High School, Phoenix, Az.
April":
2 Saturday Sam Houston State University Catabiando Reunion Band conducted by David Caffey performance at the S.H.S.U. Bill Watrous Jazz Festival, Huntsville, Tx.
Pre - COVID Engagements:
January 2021:
24 Friday Jazz Improv American Leadership Academy Gilbert, Az.
31 Friday New Guard Big Band with Dennis Rowland at the Nash 7:30pm Phoenix, Az.
31 Friday Arizona Music Educators Association Conference Phoenix Marriott Mesa, Az.
February:
1 Saturday “It’s What’s NOT On The Page” presentation 11:45 Starlight Room A. M. E. A. Conference Marriott Hotel Mesa, Az.
4 Tuesday Concert and Jazz Band Clinic Gilbert Classical Academy Gilbert, Az.
9 Sunday Guest soloist and conductor Salt River Brass Band Mesa Arts Center IKEDA Theater Mesa, Az.
26 Wednesday Adjudicator/Clinician Arizona Band and Orchestra Director’s Association Area Concert Festival Desert Mountain High School Scottsdale, Az.
27 Thursday Adjudicator/Clinician Arizona Band and Orchestra Director’s Association Area Concert Festival Camelback High School Phoenix, Az.
March:
1 Saturday Adjudicator/Clinician Arizona Band and Orchestra Director’s Association Area Concert Festival Highland High School Gilbert, Az.
5 Thursday Wednesday Adjudicator/Clinician Arizona Band and Orchestra Director’s Association Area Jazz Festival Mesa High School Mesa, Az.
7 Saturday Guest trombone artist with the New Horizons Jazz Band Faith Bible Church Glendale, Az.
19 Thursday Adjudicator City Jazz Festival Fresno City College Fresno, Ca.
20 Friday Adjudicator City Jazz Festival Fresno City College Fresno, Ca.
April:
4 Catabiando! Reunion Band performance at the Sam Houston State University Bill Watrous Jazz Festival (4:30pm) Huntsville, Tx.
22 Wednesday Adjudicator State Jazz Festival Mesa Community College Mesa, Az.
23 Thursday Adjudicator State Jazz Festival Mesa Community College Mesa, Az.
24 Friday Adjudicator State Jazz Festival Mesa Community College Mesa, Az.
December:
13 Friday The Nash Composers Coalition performance The Nash, Phoenix, Az.
November:
22 Friday Concert Band and Jazz Band Clinics Fridley High School Fridley, Minn.
October:
5 Saturday Adjudicator for the El Paso I.S.D. Marching Invitational Franklin High School El Paso, Tx.
9 Wednesday Brass Boot Camp with Douglas and Bisbee High School Douglas, Az.
10 Thursday Brass Boot Camp at Canyon del Oro High School Tucson, Az.
15 Tuesday Adjudicator for the Millennium Marching Invitational Millennium High School Goodyear, Az.
19 Saturday Adjudicator for the Northern Arizona University Band Band Day Walkup Skydome, Flagstaff, Az.
26 Saturday Adjudicator for the Rumblin Drums at the Dawg House Invitational Goldwater High School Phoenix, Az.
September:
13 Friday Brass Boot Camp at Centennial High School 2:30-4:30 Peoria, Az.
16 Monday Jazz Performance Clinics at Canyon del Oro and Catalina Foothills High Schools Tucson, Az.
17 Tuesday Clinician/Adjudicator Agua Fria District Marching Festival Desert Edge High School Goodyear, AZ
28 Saturday Adjudicator for the Viper Thunder Classic Verrado High School Litchfield Park, Az.
August:
3 Saturday Brass Boot Camp at San Tan Foothills High School 9:30-11:30 San Tan, Az.
20 Tuesday New Guard Big Band at the Musicians Union Hall 7 pm Phoenix, Az.
23 Friday Brass Boot Camp at Coolidge High School 3:30-5:30 Coolidge, Az.
26 Monday Brass Boot Camp at Peoria High School 3:30-5:30 Peoria, Az.
27 Tuesday Brass Boot Camp at Independence High School 3:30-5:30 Glendale, Az.
July:
7-12 Texas All Star Jazz Camp Collin College Plano, Texas
22 Monday Marching Brass Boot Camp at Thunderbird High School 3-5 pm Glendale, Az.
23 Tuesday Marching Brass Boot Camp at Westview High School 10 - noon & Sierra Linda High School 3-5 pm Phoenix, Az.
24 Wednesday Brass Boot Camp at Centennial High School 10:15 am - 12:15 pm & Apollo High School 3:30-5:30 pm Glendale, Az.
25 Thursday Marching Brass Boot Camp at Verrado High School 10 - noon & Sunnyslope High School 3 - 5 pm Glendale Az.
29 Monday Marching Brass Boot Camp at American Leadership Academy Gilbert North 3-5 pm Gilbert, Az.
30 Tuesday Marching Brass Boot Camp at Catalina Foothills 1-3 pm Prescott, Az. and Youngker High School Camp Tontozona 6-8 pm.
31 Wednesday Brass Boot Camp at Sunrise Mountain High School 1-3 pm and Agua Fria High School 5-7 pm Phoenix, Az.
January:
18 Tolleson Union High School District Honor Band La Joya Community High School Avondale, Az.
19 Tolleson Union High School District Honor Band La Joya Community High School Avondale, Az.
25 Mammoth Ensemble Performs The Music of Cowboy Bebop at the Nash 7:30 PM Phoenix, Az.
31 Arizona Music Educators Association Conference Phoenix Marriott Mesa, Az.
February:
1 Arizona Music Educators Association Conference Phoenix Marriott Mesa, Az.
6 Glendale High School District Jazz Festival Thunderbird High School Glendale, Az.
7 Glendale High School District Jazz Festival Thunderbird High School Glendale, Az.
8 Concert Band Clinic Tolleson Union High School Tolleson, Az.
13 Texas Music Educators Association Conference San Antonio, Tx.
14 Texas Music Educators Association Conference San Antonio, Tx.
15 Texas Music Educators Association Conference San Antonio, Tx.
16 Texas Music Educators Association Conference San Antonio, Tx.
20 Jazz Clinic Franklin High School El Paso, Tx.
22 ABODA Area High School Concert Band Festival Sinagua High School Flagstaff, Az. (Canceled due to snow!)
23 Tolleson Unified District High School Concert Band Festival Westview High School Avondale, Az.
27 ABODA Area High School Concert Band Festival Desert Mountain High Scottsdale, Az.
28 ABODA Area High School Concert Band Festival Camelback High School Phoenix, Az.
March:
1 ABODA Area High School Concert Band Festival Camelback High School Phoenix, Az.
1 New Guard Big Band at the Crescent Ballroom 7:30 PM Phoenix, Az.
2 ABODA Area High School Concert Band Festival Highland High School Gilbert, Az.
5 ABODA Area High School Concert Band Festival Gilbert High School Gilbert, Az.
6 Concert Band Clinic Poston Jr. High School Mesa, Az.
7 ABODA Area High School Jazz Band Festival Mesa High School Mesa, Az.
12 ABODA Area High School Jazz Band Festival Willow Canyon High School Surprise, Az.
25 Jazz Clinic Huntsville High School Huntsville, Tx.
29 Sam Houston State University Bill Watrous Jazz Festival Huntsville, Tx.
30 Sam Houston State University Bill Watrous Jazz Festival Huntsville, Tx.
April:
5 Jazz Clinic Desert Ridge Jr. High Gilbert, Az.
24 Arizona State Jazz Festival Mesa Community College Mesa, Az.
25 Arizona State Jazz Festival Mesa Community College Mesa, Az.
26 Arizona State Jazz Festival Mesa Community College Mesa, Az.
26 New Guard Big Band Performance The Deuce Phoenix, Az.
May:
7 Jazz Clinic Sandra Day O’Connor High School Phoenix, Az.
10 Jazz Clinic Marcos de Niza High School Tempe, Az.
17 Jazz Clinic Verrado High School Buckeye, Az.