All-Illinois Junior Band
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor
Matt Temple, conductor
Bruce Daugherty, associate conductor
University of Illinois
Krannert Center for Performing Arts
Foellinger Great Hall
Saturday, January 21, 2023 3:00pm
KEVIN M. GERALDI, CONDUCTOR
Breakthrough
Cape Breton Postcard
Destined to Fly
Torch of Liberty
The Country Club Stomp
Tyler Grant
Catherine McMichael
William Owens
Karl King
arr. James Swearingen
JaRod Hall
MATT TEMPLE, CONDUCTOR
On the Mall
Shenandoah
Horn Concerto No. 1, Mvt. III
Edwin Franko Goldman ed. Edward Lisk
Traditional arr. Omar Thomas
Richard Strauss ed. John Boyd
Ryan Williamson, Horn, New Trier Class of 2018
Roma
Valerie Coleman
FLUTE
Caleb Barnes - Concordia Lutheran School
Sophia Cescato - Grissom Middle School
Kalila Chen - Westview Hills Middle School
Joanna Chua - Plum Grove Junior High School
Suah Lee - Field Middle School
Kayla Patel - Field Middle School
Claire Wellman - Troy Middle School
*Carmen Yanguas – Wood Oaks Jr. High School
OBOE
Tivya Bernier - Geneseo Middle School
*Lettie Samuel - McCracken Middle School
BASSOON
Julianna Capretta - Wilmette Jr. High School
*Gabriel Pabst - Parkside Junior High School
CLARINET
*Sarah Che - MacArthur Middle School
Will Choi - Field Middle School
Rena Daniel-Evbota - Murphy Jr. High School
Abigail Kim - Wood Oaks Junior High School
Aislyn Lederer - Conrady Junior High
Patryk Maz - Field Middle School
Haley Moffett - Westview Hills Middle School
Ellie Penavic - O'Neill Middle School
Daniel Penning - McCracken Middle School
Aaron Samuelson - Prairie Grove Jr. High School
Luke Steffens - Lincoln Middle School
Audrey Storck - McCracken Middle School
Cayden Szeto - Wood Oaks Junior High School
Henry Ulrych - Thomas Middle School
Justin Yi - Science & Arts Academy
BASS CLARINET
*Cadee Click - Prairie Grove Junior High School
Dev Gandhi - Field Middle School
Evan Miranti - Carterville Junior High School
ALTO SAXOPHONE
*Marcus Lee - McCracken Middle School
Kyle Lin - Butler Junior High School
Carter Meyer - Wood Oaks Junior High School
Jacob Wolfinger - McCracken Middle School
TENOR SAXOPHONE
*Carter Jarvis - O'Fallon CCS District 90
Reed Maurer - Lincoln Middle School
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Tim DeWitt - O'Fallon CCS District 90
*Lukas Merriman - Monticello Middle School
*principal
TRUMPET
Nate Bennett - Prairie Grove Junior High School
Antoni Czarkowski - McCracken Middle School
Abraham Friedman - McCracken Middle School
Bridget Lantry - McCracken Middle School
*Peyton LaPlant - Prairie Grove Junior High School
Jongmin Lee - Field Middle School
Raphael Mangubat - McCracken Middle School
Leah McKenzie - Traughber Junior High School
Steven Randles - Prairie Grove Junior High School
William Weedon - Wilmette Jr. High School
Asa Wormington - McCracken Middle School
Zeb Zamoras - Troy Middle School
FRENCH HORN
Cody Bouchard - Prairie Grove Junior High School
Lydia Jayne - Lakeview Jr. High School
*Ben Leeb - Edison Middle School
Callie Poynton - Monticello Middle School
Samara Sokolowski - Field Middle School
Evelyn Vargas - Thompson Jr. High School
TROMBONE
Jacob Berry - Geneseo Middle School
Jack Freeman - McCracken Middle School
*Simon Girgis - McCracken Middle School
Colin Guth - Urbana Middle School
Dean Hemmer - Good Shepherd Lutheran School Collinsville
Andrew Li - Wilmette Jr. High School
Jose Miranda - Prairie Grove Junior High School
Sophie Wills - Monticello Middle School
EUPHONIUM
*Sebastian Gonzalez - McCracken Middle School
Audrey Killion - Monticello Middle School
Rosanna Olaveja - McCracken Middle School
Marybeth Reckamp - Prairie Grove Junior High School
TUBA
Gabriela Gomez - McCracken Middle School
Karol Kaczmarczyk - River Grove School
Andy Nuñez - Beach Park Middle School
*James Yum - Field Middle School
Emilee Colton - Thomas Middle School
*Jacob Dillon - Prairie Grove Junior High School
Oliva Gassman - Wood Oaks Junior High School
Jereme Higginbotham - Richland Co. Middle School
Dean Hu - Wood Oaks Junior High School
Gianna Lazatin - Murphy Jr. High School
Elliott Woody - Thomas Middle School
Kevin M. Geraldi is the newly appointed Director of Bands at the University of Illinois. He comes to the University of Illinios from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he was Director of Instrumental Ensembles and Professor of Conducting. He conducted the UNCG Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Casella Sinfonietta, and teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. With UNCG ensembles, he has performed in Dvořák Hall in Prague, Czech Republic, the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, MD, at the national CBDNA conventions in Austin, TX, and Greensboro, NC, and at the American Bandmasters Association convention in Norfolk, VA. Previously, he taught at Lander University in Greenwood, SC and in the public schools of Westchester, IL, and was assistant conductor of the Central Illinois and Michigan Youth Symphonies.
Dr. Geraldi appears regularly as a guest conductor and he maintains an active schedule as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the country. Committed to promoting contemporary art music, he has commissioned and premiered numerous compositions and collaborated with composers including Philip Glass, Christopher Theofanidis, Joel Puckett, Steven Bryant, Carter Pann, and John Mackey. He has collaborated with artists including Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Lynn Harrell, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and Lindsay Kesselman. He has published several articles in leading scholarly journals on topics that reflect his interest in the history and performance practice of chamber music for winds, brass, and strings. His recordings with the Minerva Chamber Ensemble, Casella Sinfonietta, and UNCG Wind Ensemble are available on the Equilibrium and Centaur Records labels.
A devoted advocate for music education, Dr. Geraldi conducts dozens of clinics annually with high school orchestras and bands and honors ensembles throughout the country, presents frequently at music education conferences, and has published articles for music educators on concert programming and effective rehearsal strategies.
Dr. Geraldi holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in conducting from the University of Michigan, where he studied with H. Robert Reynolds and Michael Haithcock, and the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he studied with Steven Eggleston. His other conducting teachers include Gustav Meier, Kenneth Kiesler, Daniel Hege, and Rossen Milanov. He has also participated as a conducting fellow in workshops with Pierre Boulez, Paul Vermel, William Henry Curry, and Frederick Fennell. Dr. Geraldi is a recipient of the Thelma A. Robinson Award, presented by the Conductors Guild and the National Federation of Music Clubs, and the Outstanding Teaching Award in the UNCG School of Music. He is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, the Conductors Guild, the College Orchestra Directors Association, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association for Music Education, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and is a National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Amanda J. Allen
Monticello Middle School • Monticello, IL
Eric Bachmann
Emerson Middle School • Niles, IL
Jennifer Bolton
Parkside Junior High School • Normal, IL
Kimberly Branch
Edison Middle School • Champaign, IL
Jim Childers
Marion Jr. High School • Marion, IL
Eric Combs
Richland County Middle School • Olney, IL
Jeff Crylen
Prairie Grove Junior High School • Crystal Lake, IL
Chandran Daniel
Thompson Jr. High School • Oswego, IL
Chip De Stefano
McCracken Middle School • Skokie, IL
Kate DeMonica
O’Fallon School District 90 • O’Fallon, IL
Mark Drews
Bethel Lutheran School •Morton, IL
Ann Dufek
Wilmette Jr. High School • O’Fallon, IL
Jamie Escatel
Urbana Middle School • Urbana, IL
Julie Fischer
Yorkville Middle School • Yorkville, IL
William Goetz
Troy Middle School • Plainfield, IL
Wayne Gordon
Wood Oaks Junior High School • Northbrook, IL
Jennifer Grabot
Beach Park Middle School • Beach Park, IL
Jody Hagberg
Cornerstone Christian Academy •
Bloomington, IL
Sara Hawkins
Geneseo Middle School •Geneseo, IL
Eric Hipple
Concordia Lutheran, Peoria, IL
Candace Horton
Thomas Middle School • Arlington Heights, IL
Ilona Hutter
Lincoln Middle School • Park Ridge, IL
Josh Johnson
Traughber Junior High School • Oswego, IL
Christine Kaminski
O’Neill Middle School • Downers Grove, IL
Julianna Karvelius
Murphy Jr. High School • Plainfield, IL
Jamie Kotovsky
Geneseo Middle School • Geneseo, IL
Nick Krejci
Butler Junior High School • Oak Brook, IL
Johnny Lammersfeld
North Boone Middle School • Poplar Grove, IL
Erika Mennig
Countryside School • Champaign, IL
Mike Miller
Field Middle School • Northbrook, IL
Karen Moffett
Westview Hills Middle School • Willowbrook, IL
Mario Mongello
Plum Grove Jr. High School • Rolling Meadows, IL
Dannyel Norrington
Carterville Junior High School • Carterville, IL
Tricia Ogdon
Chiddix Junior High School •Normal, IL
Steven Olson
Logan Junior High School • Princeton, IL
Ralph Petrella
Old Orchard Junior High School • Skokie, IL
Allison Reatherford
Attea Middle School • Glenview, IL
Scott Rudnick
River Grove School • River Grove, IL
Sam Simpson
MacArthur Middle School •
Prospect Heights,IL
Rob Slater
Conrady Junior High • Hickory Hills, IL
Ben Sorce
Barrington MS - Station Campus •
Zachary Stegman
Good Shepherd Lutheran School
Collinsville • Collinsville, IL
Keri Stone
Northbrook Jr. High School • Northbrook, IL
Kyler Stuckert
Hamilton Elementary School • Hamilton, IL
Michael Szczasny
Grissom Middle School. • Tinley Park, IL
Thomas Tedeschi
Lakeview Jr. High School • Downers Grove, IL
Bobbi Weber
Science & Arts Academy • Des Plaines, IL
AIJB would like to thank the Music Shoppe for sponsoring our Friday night reception for students, directors and families.
THANK YOU, MUSIC SHOPPE!
Flute
Sarah Choi
Sebastian Collins*
Sophie Gies
Kaminta Hou
Katherine Hungness
Amelia Schotz
Oboe
Andrew Xia
Bassoon
Atlas Hollander
Erik Li
Clarinet
Finola Cahill*
Daniel Chang
Olivier Coppieters 't Wallant
Benjamin Law
Jacob Matten
Caelum Parkhill
Edison Sun
Sophia Wang*
Bass Clarinet
Roxana JafariHaddadian
Alto Saxophone
Maxwell Jiang
Julia Vago*
Tenor Saxophone
Zach Gould
Gabe Nosek
Baritone Saxophone
Jin Auh
Trumpet
Alex Acimovic*
Aiden Campbell
Emily Connerty
Katie Hedberg
Victoria Hughes
Daniel Matten
Max Ruben
Horn
Charlotte Calkins*
Theodore Chevalier
Declan Smith
Trombone
Peter Arlandson
Matthew Campitelli
Will Gutrich
Nikita Kovalov*
Bass Trombone
Ava Siu
Euphonium
Tyler Wang*
Tuba
Garrett Ellensohn
Charlie Plater
Percussion
Lucy Canel
Schuyler Cox*
Garrett Pankey
Lucas Pazen
Josh Phenany
Coltin Thomas
*Section Leader
Matt Temple was appointed Director of Bands at New Trier High School in 2007. Under his direction, the New Trier Symphonic Wind Ensemble has performed at the Midwest Clinic, Music for All National Concert Band Festival, Illinois Music Education Conference, Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival, and the University of Illinois Superstate Festival. He has also led them in performances at the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall in New York City, and throughout Italy. This spring break, the band will return to New York City to perform in the newly renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has been featured three times on Introductions presented by WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station. In 2014, The New Trier Band Program was recognized as an inaugural National Winner of the Blue Ribbon Award for “Programs of Excellence” presented by the National Band Association.
Mr. Temple currently serves as the Vice President for the National Band Association and is humbled to be a member of the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Awareness) committee. A strong advocate for student-centered instruction, Mr. Temple is a Past President of the Illinois committee for Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP). As a contributing editor for The Instrumentalist magazine, he has authored many articles over the past decade and has also served on the Advisory Committee for NAfME’s Music Educators Journal. Mr. Temple has received the NBA Citation of Excellence multiple times, and in 2015, he was recognized by his colleagues with the Outstanding Chicagoland Music Educator Award. He has presented sessions on music selection, score analysis, student-centered instruction, and innovative band curriculum at multiple universities, state music conferences, and twice at the Midwest Clinic. Mr. Temple frequently serves as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States.
The New Trier High School band program consists of 150 students, including the Freshman Concert Band, Varsity Wind Ensemble, Concert Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Wind and percussion students are concurrently enrolled in four curricular jazz ensembles and two orchestras. With the exception of dress rehearsals, there are no additional sectionals or rehearsals scheduled outside of regular class time. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble prepared for today’s performance in this same manner. New Trier maintains an in-house studio of private teachers for all
wind, string, percussion, and vocal students. Nearly all of the students in Symphonic Wind Ensemble study privately and over 75% of all students in the wind ensemble program study privately.
Ryan Williamson is a regular member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra, APEX Ensemble, and Little Orchestra Society. Most recently, he was invited to the Marlboro Music Festival as a 2022 Participant. In October 2021, Ryan gave the world premiere performance of Dana Dimitri Richardson’s Sonata for Horn and Piano with pianist Craig Ketter, which is now available on YouTube. He has also been awarded fellowships to festivals including the National Orchestral Institute & Festival and Aspen Music Festival and School. Ryan is currently pursuing a Master’s of Music at Northwestern University under the tutelage of Gail Williams and Jonathan Boen. He completed his undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School. Past mentors include Julie Landsman, Michelle Baker, Eric Reed, Erik Ralske, and Daniel Gingrich. Ryan is a 2018 graduate of New Trier High School.
The All-Illinois Junior Band would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors and advertisers.
Gold Sponsor
Quinlan and Fabish Music Company
Silver Sponsor
Conn Selmer
The Music Shoppe
Bronze Sponsor
Shivelbine’s Music Store
Advertisers
Dana Hofer Brass Repair
PM Music Center
The All-Illinois Junior Band was founded for the express purpose of creating a premier musical experience for the state’s finest middle school band students. As the first statewide middle school honor band in more than half a century, membership in AIJB is determined solely through competitive blind auditions. Its goals are to provide an opportunity for middle school students to perform excellent literature with a mature ensemble and distinguished conductor, to interact with similarly dedicated student musicians from around the state of Illinois, and to encourage and inspire these outstanding young musicians to continue their musical studies.
The AIJB maintains associations with the host site – The University of Illinois School of Music – and with middle school band directors around the state.
All-Illinois Junior Band
PO Box #41
312 Park Avenue
Clarendon Hills, IL 60514
University of Illinois School of Music
Jeffrey Sposato, Director
Rebekka Price, Public Engagement Director
Stephen Burian, Public Engagement Assistant Director
William Moersch, Professor and Chair of Percussion
Angela Tamman, Admissions Director
University of Illinois Bands
Kevin M. Geraldi, Director of Bands
Barry L. Houser, Associate Director of Bands
Kimberly Fleming, Assistant Director of Bands
Hannah Rudy, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands
All-Illinois Junior Band - Board of Directors
David Allen
Chip De Stefano
Wayne Gordon
Barry Houser
Jason M. Torf
All-Illinois Junior Band - Director Liaisons
Chuck Noud, Southern Illinois
Karen Debauche, Central Illinois
Mike Miller, Northern Illinois
All-Illinois Junior Band - Audition Adjudicators
Andrew Beckwith, Robert Blim, Kimberly Farris, Kimberly Fleuchaus, Greg Fudala, BJ Hardesty, Mike Miller, and Carey Valente
Matt Temple, New Trier High School Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Quinlan and Fabish for providing student folders
Conn-Selmer for providing student lanyards
The Music Shoppe for sponsoring our student reception
AIJB is very appreciative of the U of I students who have volunteered their time to help with this festival.