Martha Placeres
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
Updates in progress
“The soloist Martha Placeres is so talented.”
The Brownsville Herald
N E W S
January
13
2024
Dr. Placeres will be presenting a clinic at the Florida Music Educators Association Conference
Dr. Placeres will be teaching orchestra clinics in the San Antonio (TX) area in January 2024
2020
Dr. Placeres was invited to be a clinician for the III International Women Conductor Symposium in September 2020
Dr. Placeres was invited to give a clinic/lecture for the Latin-Hispanic Orchestra Conducting Workshop
August 2020
Dr. Placeres will co-teach with Dr. Kira Omelchenko the newly Encore! Virtual String Workshop June 8-12, 2020.
FB: Encore Virtual String Workshop
Dr. Placeres will be the clinician and conductor of the Florida State Community Colleges Association
Winter Symposium String Orchestra in January 2020
Dr. Placeres will continue to be the Executive Director and Clinician of the Puebla State Conservatory of Music Conducting Symposium in April-May 2020
(this Symposium has been postponed due to the COVID19) New date will be posted soon
2022
Dr. Placeres will be presenting clinics at the Florida, Texas and Kansas Music Educators Association Conferences
Dr. Placeres will be guest conducting the Puebla State University Symphony Orchestra in May
Dr. Placeres will be guest conducting the Mexico State Philharmonic in June
Dr. Placeres was appointed Chair of the Department of Music at Florida Southern College
February
10
February
25
March
19
April
27
Florida Music Educators Association
Conference
Developing Unifying Sound in String and Full Orchestras
3pm
Tampa, FL
Dr. Martha Placeres, clinician (FSC)
Dr. Laurie Williams, clinician (University of Indianapolis)
Texas Music Educators Association
Conference
Developing Unifying Sound in String and Full Orchestras
San Antonio, TX
Dr. Martha Placeres, clinician (FSC)
Dr. Laurie Williams, clinician (University of Indianapolis)
Dr. Jacob Dakon, clinician (University of Kansas)
Kansas Music Educators Association
Conference
Developing Unifying Sound in String and Full Orchestras
Wichita, KS
Dr. Martha Placeres, clinician (FSC)
Dr. Laurie Williams, clinician (University of Indianapolis)
Dr. Jacob Dakon, clinician (University of Kansas)
FSC Orchestra and Opera Theatre
"Patience" - Gilbert and Sullivan
Branscomb Auditorium
7:30pm
FSC Orchestra and Jazz Ensembles
Reinventing the Studio Orchestra
Branscomb Auditorium
7:30pm
2019
Dr. Placeres is the new Director of Orchestra and String Studies at Florida Southern College
Dr. Martha Placeres teaches a String Conducting Workshop at the Puebla State Conservatory of Music in Puebla, Mexico in June 2019
2018
Dr. Placeres conducts the Voghera String Orchestra during her European Tour, with concerts in Miland and Voghera Region, Italy.
Dr. Martha Placeres performs and conducts concerts in Germany with the Puebla State Conservatory of Music Camerata Germany Tour 2018
Professional Affiliations
Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA)
Active Member
Florida Orchestra Association (FOA)
Active Member
Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)
Active Member
Texas Music Adjudicators Association (TMAA)
Active Member
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
Active Member
Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA)
Active Member
Kansas State HIgh School Adjudicators Association (KSHAA)
Active Member
Conductors Guild
Active Member
League of American Orchestras
Active Member
College Music Society
Active Member