2023 All-Illinois Junior Band Program

All-Illinois Junior Band

Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor

New Trier High School

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Matt Temple, conductor

Bruce Daugherty, associate conductor

University of Illinois

Krannert Center for Performing Arts

Foellinger Great Hall

Saturday, January 21, 2023 3:00pm

PROGRAM

ALL-ILLINOIS JUNIOR BAND

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

NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE

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

2023 All-Illinois Junior Band

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

PERCUSSION

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

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.

PARTICIPATING DIRECTORS

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 •

PARTICIPATING DIRECTORS

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

SPECIAL THANKS

AIJB would like to thank the Music Shoppe for sponsoring our Friday night reception for students, directors and families.

THANK YOU, MUSIC SHOPPE!

NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE

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.

GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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

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Clarendon Hills, IL 60514

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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

Special Thanks

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.