MARCH 3-5, 2022
AT H E N S, G E O R G I A
D R. MAT T KO P E R N I A K, P R E S I D E N T S A RA H B A L L, V I C E P R E S I D E N T FO R A L L-STAT E E V E N TS TRAVIS DOWNS, BAND DIVISION CHAIR STEPHEN L AWRENCE, ORCHESTRA DIVISION CHAIR THE CLASSIC CENTER
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AT M A K I N G T H E G E O R G I A A L L - S TAT E EVENTS AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS
THANk YOu statewide
organizers CHRISTINE Kraemer MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND
evelyn champion ORCHESTRA
pat gallagher HIGH SCHOOL BAND
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M IDDL E SCH OOL BA ND ROBERT T. HERRINGS, III, CONDUCTOR
TODD WILSON, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR
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WENDY WILSON, ORGANIZER
Robert Tyrome Herrings, III is entering his seventeenth year of teaching and has been teaching at Henry Middle School in Leander ISD since 2004. Prior to coming to Leander ISD, he was the Director of Bands at Rockdale Junior High in Rockdale, Texas. In 2003, Mr. Herrings received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he studied under Michael Haithcock, Jeff Grogan, Dr. Kevin Sedatole and Barry Hopper. While in college, Mr. Herrings was a member of the Baylor University performing wind bands, as well as a member of the Baylor University Golden Wave Band. At Henry Middle School, Mr. Herrings conducts the Honors Band, assists with the Symphonic Band, Concert Band and beginning trombone class. He also teaches beginning flute and trumpet. Mr. Herrings’ bands have consistently received UIL Sweepstakes ratings, as well as unanimous first division ratings, Best In Class, and Overall Outstanding Band honors at festivals around the state. In 2009-2014, the program at Henry earned distinction as a National Wind Band Honors Class AA winner, and in 2008 and 2013, the Henry Middle School Honors Band was selected to perform at the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington. The program was named the 2010, 2014 and 2018 TMEA Class CCC Honor Band and was also selected to perform at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2010, 2012, and 2016. In June 2011, Mr. Herrings and his program were awarded the prestigious John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Silver Cup Award, and in July of the same year, Mr. Herrings was named the Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Young Bandmaster of the Year. In 2013, the Texas Chapter of the American School Band Director’s Association awarded the Artie Henry Middle School Band the Outstanding Band Program Award. The Percussion Ensemble at Henry Middle School was selected to perform at the 2014 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Most recently, the Henry Middle School Band Program was named the Texas Bandmasters Association’s Exemplary Middle School Program of the Year for 2018. An active clinician and adjudicator around the state, Mr. Herrings is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. Mr. Herrings also serves as the TMEA Region 32 Middle School Band Chair, as well as the Region 32 TBA representative. He is also a mentor to new-to-profession teachers at Henry Middle School. Mr. Herrings enjoys motivating young musicians to achieve the highest level of performance by sharing his extreme love and passion for music with them on a daily basis. He feels honored, privileged and extremely blessed to have a loving mother and grandmother, many great mentors, band directors and close friends who have influenced his career thus far. Above all, his students have been his greatest inspiration
March of the Buccaneers.........................................................................................................................Victor Flowers Epic Venture...................................................................................................................................................Tyler S. Grant Wellspring............................................................................................................................................................Jack Wilds A Kind and Gentle Soul...................................................................................................................James Swearingen Byzantine Dances.....................................................................................................................Carol Brittin Chambers Caranaval de Brasil......................................................................................................................................Michael Story
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FLUTE
Claire Lee Tommy Weng Mia Lu Yun Xin Lin Marely Vargas Sri Datla Isabelle Tang Skylar Vining Junhui Park Matthew Ionescu Jackson LaBarre Chloe Rhee
OBOE
Zachary Kusumo Lucy Wu Emma Brown Emma McCulley
Riverwatch Middle School The Westminster Schools The Westminster Schools Riverwatch Middle School Buford Middle School Vickery Creek Middle School Autrey Mill Middle School Ebenezer Middle School Autrey Mill Middle School Trickum Middle School Morgan County Middle School Duluth Middle School
Riverwatch Middle School Riverwatch Middle School Cass Middle School Desana Middle School
BASSOON
Colton Crews Bethune Middle School (Folkston) Alexis King Blake Bass Middle School Spencer Had Lakeside Middle School (Cumming) Archer Bracewell Teasley Middle School
CLARINET
Kevin Lu Riverwatch Middle School Aaron Chong Riverwatch Middle School Zachary Ziolo Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Liam Jung Hightower Trail Middle School Yubo Wang South Forsyth Middle School Joseph Lee Riverwatch Middle School Kailyn Chang South Forsyth Middle School Jui Park Simpson Middle School Elijah Smith St. Marys Middle School Brian Choi Lanier Middle School Steven Pang Stallings Island Middle School Aaron Liu Riverwatch Middle School Linden Ross Otwell Middle School Hillary Fnu West Jackson Middle School Holly Kachmar Coastal Middle School Andrew Chen Riverwatch Middle School Claire Park Mill Creek Middle School Karina Kalisz Riverwatch Middle School Bria Peek Greenbrier Middle School Joshua Kim Buford Middle School Chloe Cuzzort Chattanooga Valley Middle School Trip Yalden Chattanooga Valley Middle School Seowon Park Autrey Mill Middle School Edwin Tang River Trail Middle School Bode Leduc Richmond Hill Middle School
BASS CLARINET Rigel Kotas Mason Waite Rahul Menon Jaclyn Maxwell
Riverside Middle School West Jackson Middle School Riverwatch Middle School Thomas County Middle School
CONTRA CLARINET Peyton Geigle
ALTO SAX
Aditya Sawhney Riley Shen Beatrice Hartwig Juho Lee Kai Zhao Christopher Kim
TENOR SAX Philip Williams Qingyu Kong
Stallings Island Middle School
Dodgen Middle School River Trail Middle School Hightower Trail Middle School South Forsyth Middle School Woodward Academy Webb Bridge Middle School
The Westminster Schools South Forsyth Middle School
BARITONE SAX Abby DiLaura
TRUMPET
Peachtree Middle School
Jason Zgonc Renfroe Middle School Sean Lee Riverwatch Middle School Vincent Morris Cass Middle School Henry Yun Osborne Middle School Omar Saucedo Buford Middle School Alden Chudy Woodstock Middle School Cristofer Brown-Sanchez Youth Middle School Ethan Quach South Forsyth Middle School Edith Sanders McClure Middle School (Kennesaw) Jonah Shapiro Northwestern Middle School Andy Ridgeway North Forsyth Middle School Colin Clement Oconee County Middle School Kayla Fricks East Jackson Comprehensive High School Riley Boyd Lakeside Middle School (Cumming) Brandon Roh South Forsyth Middle School
HORN
Wendy Menard Nola Brown Brielle Brown Colton Cuttell Audrey McKey Matthew Chemmala Olivia Duong James Mazurek
George Walton Academy Cass Middle School Buford Middle School Otwell Middle School Home School Dean Rusk Middle School Buford Middle School Piney Grove Middle School
TROMBONE
Abigail Stoetzner Heritage Middle School Andrew Sorah Jefferson Middle School Thaxton Cheyne Teasley Middle School James Leffew River Trail Middle School Noah Wiskind Holcomb Bridge Middle School Blake Barnes Oconee County Middle School Chase Grant Chapel Hill Middle School (Decatur) Jinho Byun Sugar Hill Christian Academy Nathan Caceres Cherokee Bluff Middle School Liam Varnell Oconee County Middle School
BARITONE Amrit Madhav Jaidyn Ralston Madison Chio Dowon Lim
TUBA
Nicklas Turner Isaac Osei Bryson Olvera Luka Repac John Winters Harrison Stallings Zachary Fennel
South Forsyth Middle School Temple Middle School McClure Middle School (Kennesaw) Glenn C. Jones Middle School
Osborne Middle School George Walton Academy Whitewater Middle School Oconee County Middle School Perry Middle School Marist School Madison County Middle School
PERCUSSION Haichen Zhou Benjamin Pope Hunter Swindle Charlotte Lee Arhan Barve Jacob Anderson Brett Daniel Ethan Baek
Stallings Island Middle School Glynn Middle School Ebenezer Middle School Riverwatch Middle School South Forsyth Middle School Lakeside Middle School (Cumming) Lee Middle School (Sharpsburg) Riverwatch Middle School
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M IDDL E SCH OOL BA ND DARCY VOGT WILLIAMS, CONDUCTOR
NICK TUCKER, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR
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LANAE DICKSTEIN, ORGANIZER
Darcy Vogt Williams is the head band director at Stiles Middle School in Leander, TX. Born to parents who met in their beginner trombone class, Darcy is 100% a product of the Texas music system. Her own musical education began in her father’s band room in Harper, Texas where she spent her afternoons learning to play any instrument she could find in the storage closet while waiting to go home after school. In secondary school she studied flute with Mr. Paige Brooke, retired flautist with the New York Philharmonic. Darcy received her Bachelor of Music Education in 2004 from West Texas A&M University. Darcy is in her 17th year of teaching. Her bands have performed at the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) in Seattle and the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. While at Stiles MS her bands have consistently been finalists in the prestigious TMEA Honor Band Contest. In addition to teaching, Darcy is in high demand across the United States as a clinician both for students and music educators. She is the author of two books about teaching band (Teaching Rhythm Logically and Pacing for Success: Beginner Band) and creator of the music education podcast “After Sectionals.”
Critical Mass......................................................................................................................................................Todd Stalter Flowers............................................................................................................................................Randall D. Standridge Runaway Circus Train....................................................................................................................................Erik Morales Kvetchers............................................................................................................................................................Laura Estes
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FLUTE
Hannah Jung Ellie Ahn JiAnn Chong Michelle Paik Huijin So Miley Kim Jaden Harris Arpit Ramani Eunho Jun Ashley Carnes
Buford Middle School Wesleyan School Riverwatch Middle School Wesleyan School McClure Middle School (Kennesaw) Buford Middle School Desana Middle School East Cobb Middle School Riverwatch Middle School Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts Kesavan Rangarajan Hightower Trail Middle School Shubham Badve Simpson Middle School
OBOE
Subeen Lee Amber Zhang Liam Bolger Sydney Martin
BASSOON
Scarlett Copeland Owen Denoziere Tristan Naces Gavin Turner
CLARINET
River Trail Middle School Riverwatch Middle School South Forsyth Middle School Otwell Middle School
BASS CLARINET
Neha Thattikota Riverwatch Middle School Will Branch West Jackson Middle School Harshitha Rajaprabhu River Trail Middle School Katherine Campbell Malcom Bridge Middle School
CONTRA CLARINET Janice Mosley
ALTO SAX Eric Ji Kenny Zhang James Wu Garrett Chudy Bella Sweet Edwin Wright
TENOR SAX Drew Bragg Larry Men
Camden Middle School
Bruno Waga Okada Richmond Hill Middle School Ethan Zhou The Westminster Schools Katherine Huber David T. Howard Middle School Yinan Chen Hull Middle School David Park Riverwatch Middle School Noah An Providence Christian Academy Andrew Sim Dickerson Middle School Claire Zhou River Trail Middle School Emily Tan South Forsyth Middle School Riki Amano Alton C. Crews Middle School Amy Yang Riverwatch Middle School Eileen Pak North Gwinnett Middle School Johnson Xiao Webb Bridge Middle School Jason Zhou South Forsyth Middle School Joshua Yu Webb Bridge Middle School Unghyeon Lee River Trail Middle School Avani Karthik South Forsyth Middle School Sidney Godoy Elkins Pointe Middle School Jason Chai Riverwatch Middle School Justin Tzeng Autrey Mill Middle School Jasper Wolfe-Tham Dodgen Middle School Laralyn Smith Hendricks Middle School Lucas Chong Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Elizabeth Rincon Otwell Middle School Alaina Pruiett Davidson Fine Arts
Seth Johnson
South Forsyth Middle School Riverwatch Middle School Pinckneyville Middle School Woodstock Middle School Cherokee Bluff Middle School Bremen Middle
Mossy Creek Middle School Wesleyan School
Haymon-Morris Middle School
TRUMPET
Luis Franco Otwell Middle School Isaac Gibson Lakeside Middle School (Cumming) Ezra Saysanavong Home School Jeremiah Price Osborne Middle School Kenneth Hoang Hull Middle School Wesley Boyette Little Mill Middle School Skyler Norwood Ringgold Middle School Gabriel Edouazin Tapp Middle School Logan Smedley Couch Middle School Caleb Leslie Jefferson Middle School Preston Owen Mossy Creek Middle School Atmik Acharya Lakeside Middle School (Cumming) Knox Anderson Chamblee Middle School Dylan Teasley Otwell Middle School Alexander Avradopoulos Pinckneyville Middle School
HORN
Mason Holloway Landon Layman Isaac Harper Kade Franklin Ashton York Brock Reid Gabbrielle Bryant Dylan Peterson
BARITONE SAX Awtrey Middle School Lovinggood Middle School Otwell Middle School Lovinggood Middle School
TROMBONE
William Jenkins Augusta Christian School Coreena Yoo South Forsyth Middle School Duchan Lee North Gwinnett Middle School Caroline Savage Jasper County Middle School Eric Chastain Palmer Middle School Myra Wu Pinckneyville Middle School Krithvik Naveen Narendrakumar Riverwatch Middle School Kathryn Chang Temple Middle School
Leland Guay Evan Park
BARITONE
Lane Wentworth Benjamin Ellefson Seth Mullins Brandon Yoo
Monroe County Middle School Palmer Middle School Otwell Middle School George Walton Academy Malcom Bridge Middle School Ringgold Middle School Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts Academies of Discovery at South Hall New Hope Middle School Lakeside Middle School (Cumming)
Riverwatch Middle School Glenn C. Jones Middle School Morgan County Middle School Riverwatch Middle School
TUBA
Andrew Chen The Lovett School Sammuel Robledo Holcomb Bridge Middle School Remington Diedrich Temple Middle School Henry Zweigel Dodgen Middle School Ethan Tam Pinecrest Academy Haley Harris Northwestern Middle School Blake Anderson Appling County Middle School
PERCUSSION Elise Deladisma Arjun Madichetty Seth Landers George Gao Blake Aspinwall James Driscoll Tristan Diaz Jane Phelan
South Forsyth Middle School South Forsyth Middle School North Forsyth Middle School Oconee County Middle School Glynn Middle School Dean Rusk Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School Northwestern Middle School
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ANDREA E. BROWN, CONDUCTOR CARSON LEE, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR
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CHRIS CARR, ORGANIZER
Dr. Andrea E. Brown was appointed the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Maryland in 2018. In this position she conducts the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble and serves as the Director of Athletic Bands in which she leads the “Mighty Sound of Maryland” and all aspects of the athletic band program. Brown is formerly a member of the conducting faculty at the University of Michigan where she served as the assistant director of bands. In this position, she was the conductor of the Campus Bands and director of the Campus Band Chamber Ensembles, associate director of the Michigan Marching and Athletic Bands, director of the Men’s Basketball Band, guest conductor with the Symphony Band and Concert Band, taught conducting, and was a faculty sponsor of a College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Design Project team researching conducting pedagogy technology. Previously Brown was the director of orchestra and assistant director of bands at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta where she also led research in conducting pedagogy technology and was a member of the Oxford Program faculty. She is a frequent guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the US, Europe, and Asia. Brown completed a DMA in instrumental conducting at UNC Greensboro where she was a student of John Locke and Kevin Geraldi. While at UNCG, she was named Outstanding Teaching Assistant and was both guest conductor and principal horn on UNCG Wind Ensemble’s fireworks! and finish line! CDs released on the Equilibrium label. Brown has also had several rehearsal guides published in the popular GIA Publications series, “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band” and has presented at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Music For All Summer Symposium, the Yamaha Bläserklasse in Schlitz, Germany, the International Computer Music Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the College Music Society International Conference in Sydney, Australia, and multiple times at the College Band Directors National Association National Conference. A proponent of inclusion and equity issues in the music profession, Brown is a frequent guest speaker on these topics. She currently serves on the CBDNA Gender and Ethnic Minority Committee, and as a member of the recently formed Drum Corps International Women’s In Step Committee. Brown is also the founder of “Women Rising to the Podium” - an online group of 2300 members supporting and celebrating women band directors. She also serves the chair of the Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity Graduate Conducting Grant. Brown currently serves as a brass consultant for Phantom Regiment and Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps. She has been on the brass and conducting instructional staff of the DCI World Champion Phantom Regiment since 2004. Other marching organizations with which she has instructed are the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, Carolina Crown, Kennesaw Mountain High School (GA), Father Ryan High School (TN), and McGavock High School (TN). As a performer, Brown was a member of the AA Brass Quintet, which won the International Brass Quintet Competition hosted by Fred Mills at the University of Georgia. She performed with the horn sections of the Boston Brass All Stars Big Band, North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. Brown has studied brass performance and pedagogy with Abigail Pack, Jack Masarie, Freddy Martin, J.D. Shaw, Dottie Bennett, Randy Kohlenberg, Richard Steffen, and Ed Bach. Originally from Milan, Tennessee, she is a graduate of Austin Peay State University where she was named “Outstanding Student in Music.” Brown earned a master of music degree in horn performance and a master of music education degree with a cognate in instrumental conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to her position at Georgia Tech, Brown was the assistant director of bands at Austin Peay State University and taught public school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Dallas, Texas. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, and CBDNA. She was awarded the Rose of Honor as a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.
La Celebración.......................................................................................................................Edna Alejandra Longoria Halcyon Hearts.............................................................................................................................................Katahj Copley One Life Beautiful...........................................................................................................................................Julie Giroux Courtly Airs and Dances................................................................................................................................Ron Nelson Let Me Be Frank With You.........................................................................................................................John Mackey
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C ONCERT BA ND PA R T I C I PAT I N G ST U D E N T S
FLUTE
Kimberly Bateman Home School Erin Li Johns Creek High School Anna Merritt Effingham County High School Eunice Kim North Gwinnett High School Jieun Lee Lambert High School Sanjita Prakash North Gwinnett High School Xinyu Su Lakeside High School (Evans) Lyla Bingaman North Forsyth High School Irene Huang Northview High School Sofia Said Houston County High School Natalie Toledo Northview High School Hannah Claiborne McIntosh High School Emma Xuan Decatur High School Aldo Rios Riverwood International Charter School
OBOE
Yuna Lim Afton Mosley Susanna Cho Jenny Jang
BASSOON
Ethan Thompson Jocelyn Hung Connor Haley Alison Pollock
CLARINET
North Gwinnett High School Marist School Johns Creek High School South Forsyth High School
BASS CLARINET Max Calamia Ivan Agyeman Tanmay Kasavaraju Brandon Kim
CONTRA CLARINET Cooper Griner
ALTO SAX
Owen Woody Kaushik Valiveti Hamming Sun Benjamin Mamut Julian Armand Donovan Luo
TENOR SAX Everest Li Lance Mitchell
Jennifer Lee Chattahoochee High School JunYi Mo Northview High School Jiho Jun Lambert High School Jacy Cheng South Effingham High School Sophia Zhao Lambert High School Nicole Volk George Walton Academy Rowan Martin Buford High School Vishal Ramasubramanian Lambert High School Brian Kwon Lambert High School Cecelia Berenguer Paul Duke STEM High School Ashley Choi Lambert High School Frederick Wu Wheeler High School Justin Park Johns Creek High School Alex Soro West Forsyth High School Jacob Brown North Forsyth High School Sophia Lenhart Midtown High School Adam Conner Mill Creek High School Zhengyao Liew Lambert High School Jack Kennard Etowah High School Joshua Noh Lambert High School Benjamin Yun Evans High School
Morgan County High School
Lumpkin County High School Wheeler High School Lambert High School Forsyth Central High School Hillgrove High School Lambert High School
Walton High School Walnut Grove High School
BARITONE SAX Eliott Taylor
North Forsyth High School Alpharetta High School Carrollton High School Camden County High School
Walton High School Whitewater High School South Forsyth High School Lakeside High School (Evans)
Alpharetta High School
TRUMPET
Abigail Crafton South Effingham High School Justin Griffin The Lovett School Timothy Jinks Westlake High School Owen Boyette East Forsyth High School Julienne Forehand Monroe Area High School LeAnna Cheek Temple High School Zhong Zhang Lambert High School Alessandro De Cesare Kennesaw Mountain High School Raja Hofmeister The Paideia School Ava Bingaman North Forsyth High School Gene Yun Forsyth Central High School Rohan Karve Northview High School Carter Wells Pope High School Antoine Rucker Duluth High School Ella Lazar Northview High School Olivia Tomeny Sequoyah High School
HORN
Elizabeth Crafton South Effingham High School Preston Horton South Effingham High School Sophia Phillips Decatur High School Blakeney Sewell George Walton Academy Vaibhavee Shirkhedkar Lambert High School Joshua Lee Buford High School Caroline Powell Woodstock High School Lillian Taylor Cass High School
TROMBONE
Audrey Hare Spalding High School Ugochukwu Nwakanma Cambridge High School Hayden Buckman Heritage High School (Ringgold) Caedmon Dekker Houston County High School Sergei Boada Denmark High School Nathan Oester Lakeside High School (Evans) Trevor Boydston Heritage High School (Ringgold) Ben Ray North Oconee High School Ashton Blunt Sonoraville High School
BASS TROMBONE William Brown
BARITONE
Kara Thaxton John Williams Sam Wyatt Blount Natalie Vaughn Timothy Lingle Ivan Garcia
Walton High School
Whitewater High School Rockdale County High School Brantley County High School Heritage High School (Ringgold) White County High School Union County High School
TUBA
Panayiotis Drakopoulos Kushal Maganti Will Dayvolt Jack Gordon Daniel Kim Hogan Neiswender
PERCUSSION
Academy for Classical Education Lambert High School Villa Rica High School Hillgrove High School Lambert High School Forsyth Central High School
Luke Ferguson Kennesaw Mountain High School Rachel Martin Academy for Classical Education Ethan Kong Lambert High School Molly Corso Eagle's Landing Christian Academy Braeden Hale Whitewater High School Luke Parikh The Westminster Schools Chris Enderle Milton High School Roy Sharpe Columbus High School
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DR. CHRISTOPHER M. CICCONI, CONDUCTOR JOHNATHAN ANCELL, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR
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CHRIS SHUMICK, ORGANIZER
Christopher M. Cicconi is Director of Bands and Orchestras and Associate Professor of Music Education at Towson University. Conductor of the Towson University Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra, he also teaches courses in graduate and undergraduate conducting, methods of teaching instrumental music in secondary education, and is an instrumental music education student teacher advisor. Prior to his arrival in Maryland, Cicconi earned a Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Miami, where he was awarded a Henry Mancini Fellowship and was a student of Mr. Gary D. Green. As a strong advocate for music education and community outreach, Cicconi is in demand throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and is a sought-after guest conductor, clinician, and guest speaker. Upon his arrival in Maryland, he has appeared as a band and orchestra clinician in well over 100 public and private institutions. As a guest conductor, Cicconi has appeared with All-State, All-Region, and All-County Bands and Orchestras in numerous states around the country including Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia. In the summer of 2018, Cicconi will serve as a guest conductor for the internationally acclaimed Sewanee Music Festival and the New England Music Camp. As an active scholar, Cicconi’s agenda includes wind repertoire and other current music education topics such as score study, conducting, and arranging. His most recent publication, ‘The Band Music Handbook, A Catalog of Emerging Band Repertoire,’ has proved to be a valuable resource and essential tool for wind band directors worldwide. As an arranger, Cicconi premiered his transcription of Jonathan Leshnoff’s ‘Rush’ in the Fall of 2018 with the Towson University Symphonic Band, which was subsequently published by Theodore Presser Company. Since then, it has received numerous performances nationwide in university and conference settings, including a performance at the college Band Directors National Association Southwest Regional Conference. Furthermore, he has presented professional development workshops for schools as well as state and regional conferences throughout the state and region. Previously, Cicconi served as Director of Bands at Pine Crest School (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Power Ranch Elementary and Middle School (Higley, AZ), and Payne Junior High School (Chandler, AZ). As an orchestra and opera conductor, Cicconi serves as the Music Director of the Young Victorian Theatre Company and has held positions and guest conducting appointments with orchestras in the United States, Argentina, and China. Most recently he served as associate conductor with the Broward Symphony Orchestra, the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, and the Walenstein Youth Symphony. Cicconi completed a Master of Music Education Degree, with an emphasis in Instrumental Conducting, from Arizona State University and earned a Bachelor of Music Education Degree (summa cum laude) from Youngstown State University. He is a member of College Band Directors National Association, Florida Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, Pi Kappa Lambda, and an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.
A Mother of a Revolution.........................................................................................................................Omar Thomas One Life Beautiful...........................................................................................................................................Julie Giroux Magnolia Star................................................................................................................................................Steve Danyew California.....................................................................................................................................................David Maslanka Dance of the Jesters.............................................................................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Ray Cramer
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C ONCERT BA ND PA R T I C I PAT I N G ST U D E N T S
FLUTE
Grant Peng Beige Bae Chloe Park Stephanie Sun Lauren You Lucy Johnson Madeline Fish Ayden Burnett Paula Lagasse Jonothan Ma Avery Morris Isabella Boyko Natalie Heape Noah Watson
OBOE
Ashley Na Rachel Cho Gavin Joyner Sangeun Im
BASSOON
Declan Johnston Andrew Tang Rob Liberman Daniel Thai
Northview High School Lambert High School Walton High School Lambert High School Lambert High School Decatur High School Home School Union County High School Lakeside High School (Evans) Lambert High School Mary Persons High School Ridgeland High School South Effingham High School Northgate High School
CONTRA CLARINET
BASS TROMBONE
ALTO SAX
BARITONE
Dennis Savioe
Valdosta High School
Miguel Flores-Padilla North Cobb High School Andrew Mayhew Flowery Branch High School Karthikeyan RajkumarJayapriya Walton High School Raj Mehta Lambert High School Mason Pounds Greenbrier High School Ella Jeffres Pope High School
TENOR SAX Anthony Hoots Oliver Michael
Walton High School Brookwood High School
BARITONE SAX Lambert High School North Gwinnett High School West Forsyth High School Northview High School
Collins Hill High School Cherokee High School The Weber School Strong Rock Christian School
CLARINET
Zuming Fan Northview High School Chris Han Lambert High School Garrison Rider Whitewater High School Jaimie Koh The Westminster Schools Joseph Lee Duluth High School Logan Vining Effingham County High School Suzanne Smith Mill Creek High School Abigail Romano Chattahoochee High School Abhiram Chiduruppa Lambert High School Ivy Zhuo Lambert High School Matthew Kim Johns Creek High School Avi Crosby Midtown High School Peter Kwak Buford High School William Kaplan St. Pius X Catholic School Cedric Yang Richmond Hill High School Zhang Xuanyi Lambert High School Kate Rosenberg Pope High School Ashley Vinson Paul Duke STEM High School Daniel Qiu The Westminster Schools Sarah Jiang North Cobb High School Joshua Hutto Alpharetta High School
BASS CLARINET
Pano Vlachos Lassiter High School Colin Wong Northview High School Ju-Hwan Bae Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy Tristan Kim Paul Duke STEM High School
Tripp Leffler
TRUMPET
Kai Kai Burdick Steven Li Ore Fakiyesi Zac Golubeff Antonio Urias Gwen Hutchinson Phillip Head Maria Munoz Shihyun Kim Joseph Her Connor Naylor Devin Wright Sam Lashley Spencer Mullen Caden Wooten Seokhyun Hong
Madison County High School
Denmark High School Wheeler High School Wheeler High School Whitewater High School South Forsyth High School Sequoyah High School Lambert High School Oconee County High School Chattahoochee High School Buford High School Harrison High School Parkview High School Oconee County High School Decatur High School Veterans High School Lambert High School
HORN
Hun Chi Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Gibson Krolikowski Madison County High School Makayla Parson Central High School (Carrollton) Mahreen Ali Duluth High School Grant Mullins Ringgold High School Anna Blackburn Newnan High School Ava DeFilippo Decatur High School James Armendariz Mill Creek High School
TROMBONE Matthew Quach Sohan Jena Grayson McHugh Clay Mason Gabriel Sliva Stephen Altman Mia Sandfort Jacob Chuven Will Pixley
South Forsyth High School Lambert High School Richmond Hill High School Buford High School Buford High School Paulding County High School Chamblee High School South Forsyth High School Mary Persons High School
Robbie Kan
Tyler Laidman
Lana Das Riley Marshall Nishant Deolasi Quierra McMillon Caleb Earnhardt
Houston County High School
Thomas County Central High School Campbell High School LaFayette High School Richmond Hill High School Eagle's Landing High School Denmark High School
TUBA
Brandon Newell Greenbrier High School Owen Pope Perry High School Johnathan Chio Kennesaw Mountain High School Brandon Miller Perry High School Connor Roberts Cambridge High School Makai McDonald Heritage High School (Conyers)
PERCUSSION
Ethan Jordan Habersham Central High School Anh Ho Collins Hill High School Henry Campbell Winder-Barrow High School Shirin Sathe Lambert High School Colin Magill Lambert High School Jaden Vo Buford High School Aaron Newton Effingham County High School Trevor Gottschaulk Academy for Classical Education
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SY MPHONI C BA ND RICHARD CL ARY, CONDUCTOR
MAT T TINNELL, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR
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COURTNEY NEIDHARDT, ORGANIZER
Richard Clary is Professor of Conducting, Senior Band Conductor, and Director of Wind Ensemble Studies at FSU. He serves as Music Director/Conductor for the internationally renowned University Wind Orchestra and Chamber Winds, teaches graduate-level conducting and wind literature courses, and guides Conducting Majors in both the Music Education Ph.D. and the Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting degree programs. Prior to his 2003 appointment at FSU, Professor Clary served ten years as Director of Bands at the University of Kentucky. His combined tenures in Lexington and Tallahassee have seen him conduct highlyacclaimed performances for the 1997, 2003, 2007 and 2015 National Conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, as well as the 2013 National Convention of the American Bandmasters Association. Professional memberships include the National Association for Music Education, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the prestigious American Bandmasters Association (ABA). In March, 2017 he assumed two-year terms as both Member of the ABA Executive Board, and as CBDNA National Executive Board President. Professor Clary holds Bachelor and Master of Music diplomas in Music Education from the Arizona State University School of Music, and has completed all course work and exams for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting at the University of Washington in Seattle. His principal conducting teachers have been Richard Strange, Tim Salzman, and Peter Erös.
Festive Overture, Op. 96..........................................................................................Shostakovich, arr. Hunsberger The Free Lance March........................................................................................................Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel ROMA..........................................................................................................................................................Valerie Coleman This Cruel Moon.............................................................................................................................................John Mackey Until the Scars................................................................................................................................................John Mackey
Scott A. Stewart Music Director and Conductor
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SY MPHONI C BA ND PA R T I C I PAT I N G ST U D E N T S
FLUTE
Ryan Clever Ivy Lee Greater Mason Stokes Ashlynn Mularchyk Lucas Meinberg Mary Arthur Hyunseo Yoo Victoria Fitzgerald Kayla Lim Sriram Madhusudan Alexia Toma Ava Tyler Savanna Wachter Rebekah Dickerson
OBOE
Stephen Litt Ashlyn Long Carter Reed Brenna Sexton
BASSOON Clark Walker Parker Hayen Ernesto Clarke Vignesh Minjur
CLARINET Yujean Shin Stan Lee Daniel Kim Angelina Zhang
Pinecrest Academy Atlanta Christian School River Ridge High School Savannah Arts Academy Lambert High School Starr's Mill High School South Forsyth High School Veterans High School Mill Creek High School South Forsyth High School Dacula High School Cambridge High School Buford High School Veterans High School
Kennesaw Mountain High School Cambridge High School Allatoona High School Hillgrove High School
Lakeside High School (Evans) Heritage High School (Ringgold) Decatur High School Lambert High School
Bremen High School Lambert High School North Gwinnett High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Taylor Spires Jackson County High School Cameron Quadagno South Paulding High School Hudson Weber Savannah Arts Academy Ruhi Iyer Lambert High School Eileen Chen Northview High School Ian Moon North Gwinnett High School Nikhil Acharya Milton High School Kyra Strakes Blessed Trinity Catholic School Madi Coffey Heritage High School (Ringgold) Jiyeon Jeon Northview High School Jessica Shin Lambert High School Michael Lin Starr's Mill High School Katie Gregory Ridgeland High School Sydni Hall Kennesaw Mountain High School Jeongyun Choi Johns Creek High School Alex Thrash Harrison High School Tyler Whittaker Mill Creek High School
BASS CLARINET Milo Holcombe Will Nicholson Ethan Campbell Davis Wetter
Pomerance Home School Roswell High School Centennial High School Harrison High School
CONTRA CLARINET Caleb Bryant
Charlton County High School
ALTO SAX
Erick De La Torre Pebblebrook High School Adan Mantri Lambert High School Brian Yang Richmond Hill High School Thomas Simmons North Cobb High School Paulark Yan Parkview High School Calvin Boothe Kennesaw Mountain High School
TENOR SAX James Robson Maura Nolan
North Forsyth High School Collins Hill High School
BARITONE SAX Matthew Seebran Bryce Tarleton
TRUMPET
Jonah Wu Halen Harper Brandon Hall Colin Kennedy Thomas Welch Camryn Aguilar Samuel Estep Palmer Hartley Bobby Boone Nick Harrison Jack Tucker Adam Brock River Prescott Morgan Nash Ashlyn Dickerson Alex McBride
HORN
Ware County High School Pebblebrook High School
Norcross High School Villa Rica High School Union Grove High School Centennial High School Cambridge High School Forsyth Central High School River Ridge High School Dawson County High School Putnam County High School Chamblee High School Sequoyah High School Chamblee High School Chattahoochee High School Lanier High School North Forsyth High School South Effingham High School
Eli Galligan Pickens High School Adam Boswell Milton High School Tristan Sanford Harrison High School Brendan Johnson Glynn Academy Joel Clotfelter Hillgrove High School Anjali Culver Heritage High School (Ringgold) Adarsh Upadhyay Cambridge High School Henry Garcia Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
TROMBONE
Donald Crafton South Effingham High School Justus Smith Heritage High School (Ringgold) Connor Biffle Locust Grove High School Remzi Abaci Chattahoochee High School Mary Forrester Pickens High School Nathaniel Noyes West Forsyth High School Jaden Jernigan Sonoraville High School Seth Curlee Academy for Classical Education Timothy Howell Warner Robins High School
BASS TROMBONE David Drennan
Woodland High School (Cartersville)
BARITONE Andrew Haynes Roderic Parson Alex Greenfield Sean Giddings Collin Brown Brenden Limon
Starr's Mill High School Lakeside High School (Evans) Glynn Academy Bradwell Institute Allatoona High School Cambridge High School
TUBA
Ryan Lofland Sam Stellberg Jack Neja Cameron Hall Brandon Alfaro Will Grogan Virginia Merritt
Etowah High School North Forsyth High School Pope High School Northgate High School Norcross High School Norcross High School Whitewater High School
BASS
Audrey Nguyen
Alpharetta High School
PERCUSSION Reece Moseley Miles Bell Jakalin Bryant Den McGrew Spencer Boyum Alex Holloway Owen Galligan
Mill Creek High School North Oconee High School Peach County High School Kennesaw Mountain High School Statesboro High School Cambridge High School Pickens High School
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ALFRED L. WATKINS, CONDUCTOR J O S H R O B E R T S , P E R C U S S I O N C O O R D I N A T O R | D R . A N D R E W F. P O O R , O R G A N I Z E R
Alfred L. Watkins was Director of Bands at Lassiter High School for 31 years. For six years prior to joining Lassiter, Watkins served as Director of Bands at Murphy High School in the Atlanta Public Schools. Bands under Watkins’ direction have performed four times at the Midwest Band Clinic, six performances at the Bands Of America National Concert Band Festival and four performances at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. The symphonic band has performed on the college campuses of the University of Georgia (4), Florida State University, University of South Carolina, University of Southern Mississippi and Troy State University. The Lassiter Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, Trumpet Ensemble, Trombone Choir, and Percussion Ensemble have all performed on the national stage. The Lassiter Percussion Ensemble has performed twice at the Midwest Clinic, PASIC, three times at the National Percussion Festival and four times at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. The Lassiter Marching Band was the 1998 and 2002 Bands of America Grand National Champion and the band also won nine BOA Regional Championships. Under Watkins’ leadership, the band also participated in four Tournament of Roses Parades, three times in the Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade, twice in the Orange Bowl Parade and once in the Florida Citrus Bowl Parade. During Mr. Watkins’ Lassiter tenure, all four (or five) Lassiter concert bands received consecutive Superior Ratings from 1993 until his retirement in 2013, with the top two bands performing in Grade VI since 1989. The band program is one of only fourteen high bands in America to have received both the Sudler Flag of Honor for concert and the Sudler Shield for marching. The Lassiter Winter Color Guard was named 1996 and 1997 Winter Guard International World Champions. Mr. Watkins has been selected as a member of the Florida A & M University Gallery of Distinguished Alumni, the American Bandmasters Association, the Georgia Chapter of the Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame and the Bands of America Hall of Fame. He has received 16 Certificates of Excellence from the National Band Association, the Sudler Order of Merit from the John Philip Sousa Foundation and the Band World Magazine Legion of Honor. In 1996, Mr. Watkins was Associate Director for the Atlanta Olympic Marching Band that performed in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. In 2008, Mr. Watkins was received the prestigious Turknett Leadership Character Award from the Turknett Leadership Group, a Metro Atlanta Leadership Consultant firm. He was the first public school educator to have been nominated for this award. Mr. Watkins is Co-Founder, Conductor and Musical Director of the Cobb Wind Symphony, an all-adult community band based in the Atlanta area, which in 2009, earned the Sudler Silver Scroll Award presented to outstanding community bands in America and has performed twice at the Midwest Clinic. He is one of the founding members and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Minority Band Directors National Association, an organization formed in the summer of 2011, whose purpose is to serve, promote, celebrate and mentor minority band directors throughout America. In 2009 and 2010, two doctoral dissertations were written centering their subject matter on his life and his work at Lassiter. They are: Alfred Watkins and the Lassiter High School Band: A Qualitative Study by Sue Samuels, a dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Auburn, Alabama December 18, 2009 and Alfred L. Watkins: An Historical Narrative of His Musical Life and Work with the Lassiter High School Band by Matthew J. Thomas, a Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The Florida State University, School of Music, Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2010. In 2013, he was awarded the Distinguished Career Award from GMEA. Also in 2013, Mr. Watkins was selected for the “Leader of the Band Award” in an online poll of ten thousand band directors as one of the admired band directors in America. Motivation Speaker and Leadership Consultant, Scott Lang administered the online poll. In 2013, he was a recipient of the Image Award by the 100 Black Men Organization of North Atlanta and the Flourish Award sponsored by Kennesaw State University Schools of the Arts.In 2014, Watkins’ former students and friends commissioned composers Mark Camphouse and James Curnow to write works honoring Mr. Watkins and his career: “Second Essay for Symphonic Band” and “Lexus for Solo Trumpet, Winds and Percussion.” In 2014, Watkins received the Edwin Franko Goldman Award from the American School Band Directors Association for outstanding contribution to the advancement of school bands. The $1.5 million Alfred L. Watkins Band Building at Lassiter High School bears his name. He and is wife of 32 years, Rita, live in Marietta. They have two sons: Christopher, as trumpet player/bugler in the United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” in Washington, D. C. and Jonathan, a graduate of Auburn University (Finance).
Symphony No 3, Movement 1.....................................................................................................................Alfred Reed Of Our New Day Begun...........................................................................................................................Omar Thomas Second Essay.........................................................................................................................................Mark Camphouse American Hymnsong Suite.................................................................................................................Dwayne Milburn Mvt. 2 Ballad on Balm in Gilead Mvt. 4 March on Wilson
Sabre and Spurs............................................................................................John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel
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Madeline Shell North Cobb High School Alex Xu Alpharetta High School Mason Yu The Westminster Schools Alex Yang Northview High School Alison Mooney River Ridge High School Sam Malone Flowery Branch High School Cherilyn Kim North Gwinnett High School Connor Thorne Milton High School Olivia Leone Lassiter High School Joo Young "Joanne" Kim Lambert High School Sabrina Webb Newnan High School Ashley Yoon North Gwinnett High School Emily Hwang Chattahoochee High School Dallas Singleton Savannah Arts Academy
OBOE
Christopher Lee Tony Benavides Toccara Edmonds Cailey Martinez
BASSOON Dillon Causby Keenan Vaughn Lucca Elliott
CLARINET
Johns Creek High School Heritage High School (Ringgold) Richmond Hill High School Coffee High School
Cambridge High School Davidson Fine Arts Decatur High School
Jieon Ki South Forsyth High School Brandon Kwon Lambert High School Quinton Benner Sequoyah High School Nicholas Wandrick Cambridge High School Hanna Demmler Savannah Arts Academy Imani Gans Stephenson High School Angela Nguyen Northview High School Jeffery Li Lakeside High School (Evans) Lily Kate Akins Glynn Academy Riley Hartman Sequoyah High School Dat Dang Parkview High School Ryan Hanling Lakeside High School (Evans) Seth Shi North Oconee High School Noah Cho Forsyth Central High School Jaemin Cheong Northview High School Haeon Ki South Forsyth High School Alex Holland Cedar Shoals High School Rohan Kansal Lambert High School Heidi Woods River Ridge High School Gabi Salinas Kennesaw Mountain High School Malcolm Smith Sequoyah High School
BASS CLARINET Jiyin You Cynthia Thomas Emily Bridges Nathan Kim
Northview High School Stephenson High School Alpharetta High School Lambert High School
CONTRA CLARINET Melanie Armstead
ALTO SAX Bella Turco
Ashley Emerton Rishi Perumal Ian White Xander Riddle Jonathan Tripp
Cass High School
East Jackson Comprehensive High School Bremen High School South Forsyth High School Stephens County High School Sequoyah High School Franklin County High School
TENOR SAX
Keshav Parthasarathy Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Wesley Wilder Harrison High School
BARITONE SAX Orwin Requeno Nate Hammond
TRUMPET
HORN
Emilia Keesey Arine Kim Cole Zelman Jensen Zhang Zachary Gibbs Nicholas Reed Anthony Johnson Brooke Hobbs
TROMBONE Nathaniel Wasihun Thomas Cook Alex Kahiga Will Watkins London Broussard Bradley Hicks Benjamin Harris Vera Volin Nasir Terrell
James Vaughn Davidson Fine Arts Paul Kwak Buford High School Alex Frost Heritage High School (Ringgold) Tanner Murray Charlton County High School Tyler Garman Effingham County High School Freddy Wendelburg Northgate High School Diego Carvajal Chattahoochee High School Scott Calderon Norcross High School Cameran Butryn North Oconee High School Michael Kaspro Mill Creek High School Noah Mlakar Northgate High School Bradley Campbell Mill Creek High School Benjamin Jones Sugar Hill Christian Academy Ian Wilkinson Villa Rica High School Will Sweet Flowery Branch High School Brody Johnson Ware County High School
Parkview High School Decatur High School Mill Creek High School Fannin County High School Houston County High School South Forsyth High School Grayson High School Pope High School Dutchtown High School
BASS TROMBONE Justin Jung
Campbell High School Mill Creek High School
Luella High School South Forsyth High School Lee County High School Northview High School Grayson High School Norcross High School Fayette County High School Milton High School
Centennial High School
BARITONE
John Chow Kennesaw Mountain High School Stephen Owens Woodland High School (Cartersville) Andrew Bae Lambert High School Jesse Corso Eagle's Landing Christian Academy Ava Rogers North Cobb Christian School James Ragazino Buford High School
TUBA
Tyler Johnson Marcus Baugh John Mazurek Kira Babbs Greyson Payne Luke Drye
BASS
Nicolas Blakey
PERCUSSION
Decatur High School Stephenson High School South Forsyth High School Central High School (Carrollton) South Paulding High School Hillgrove High School
Lanier High School
Evan Magill Lambert High School Daniel Lee Evans High School Collin Shen Milton High School Will Bowick George Walton Academy Wesley Bird Ola High School Alexander Stephens West Hall High School Issac Jung North Gwinnett High School Alonzo Marshall Kennesaw Mountain High School
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MIDDL E SC H OOL ORCH ESTR A ANGELA WOO, CONDUCTOR BO NA , ORGANIZER
Angela Woo is Director of Instrumental Music and Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica, California where nearly 300 students comprise three concert bands and three string orchestras. The John Adams ensembles have consistently earned the highest possible ratings at performance festivals. In 2011, the John Adams Middle School Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the inaugural California All-State Music Education Conference as the only middle school concert band in the state to be so honored. In addition, Angela Woo is the inaugural Music Director of Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band which makes its debut during the 2022-23 season. This group is one of Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles, one of the largest pre-professional music training programs in the nation, nurturing and inspiring young musicians in grades 6 through 12. For over 25 years, Ms. Woo has enjoyed an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator with numerous honor groups, conducting symposia, and music festivals throughout the United States and internationally. Angela Woo was the first woman to conduct at the 1992 XIV New Music Forum in Mexico City; she premiered the music of Karel Husa, Vincent Persichetti, George Crumb and William Schuman. In 2018, Ms. Woo was guest conductor at the State Honours Ensemble Program at the Queensland Conservatorium (Griffith University) in Brisbane, Australia. At the national level, Ms. Woo has been invited by several universities to lead professional development workshops for music educators at the elementary and secondary levels. Her guest conducting invitations have included All-State honor bands and orchestras at the middle school and high school levels in Kentucky, Oregon, Michigan, Colorado, California, and Georgia. Most recently, Ms. Woo was invited to join the WorldStrides Honors Performance Series to conduct the 2019 Middle School Orchestra and the 2020 High School Symphony Orchestra, both in Carnegie Hall (New York). An alumna of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ms. Woo holds the degrees Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and Piano Performance, Master of Education, and Master of Fine Arts in Conducting. She also holds the Master of Arts in Educational Administration from California State University, Northridge. Prior to her appointment to John Adams Middle School in 1995, Ms. Woo was Director of Music at Corona del Mar High School in Orange County, California where she led the band, orchestra, choral, and jazz ensembles. She also served as conductor of the Santa Monica College Wind Ensemble during the 1995-96 season. Ms. Woo is a staunch advocate for music education at all levels. She has been recognized and honored as the 2005 Santa Monica-Malibu District Teacher of the Year by the Santa Monica Rotary Club. In 2012, the John Philip Sousa National Foundation awarded Ms. Woo the Legion of Honor Laureate, honoring band directors with outstanding music programs. In 2019, the Education Through Music - Los Angeles Foundation presented Ms. Woo with its Shining Star Award which recognizes excellence in music education. Most recently in 2020, the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association honored Ms. Woo with its Gold Award in recognition of her long-time service to music education.
Capriccio Espagnol, Mvt. I, III, IV......................................................N. Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Sandra Dackow Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chantey....................................................................................Richard Stephan Impact..................................................................................................................................................................Bob Phillips Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila....................................................Saint-Saëns, arr. Sandra Dackow
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1ST VIOLIN
Ellen Kolesnikova Renfroe Middle School Lucas Liu Dickerson Middle School Aiden Lee Savannah Christian Preparatory School Cairo Wren McCleskey Middle School Ellain Chen Taylor Rd. Middle School Abhinav Ivaturi Webb Bridge Middle School Jason Park River Trail Middle School Kevin Kim North Gwinnett Middle School Casey Choy Chamblee Middle School Audrey Sun Autrey Mill Middle School Muriel Chan J. C. Booth Middle School Jacob Kite Home School Olivia Wei The Westminster Schools Jeanette Christy Home School Sophie Yu Autrey Mill Middle School Kyle Dirius Glenn C. Jones Middle School Daphne Dunbar Clarke Middle School Jason Li Rising Starr Middle School Jiayu Wang River Trail Middle School Rohan Gazula The Westminster Schools Kyle Tie Woodward Academy Katherine Yang River Trail Middle School
2ND VIOLIN
Esther Park Webb Bridge Middle School Evan Xue Autrey Mill Middle School Dominic Hantula Pace Academy Samantha Lee Academy for Classical Education Irene Kim Riverwatch Middle School Christina Yang Whitefield Academy Andrew Cheng Five Forks Middle School Caryssa Snyder The Westminster Schools Audrey Lee Riverwatch Middle School Andrew Lee Autrey Mill Middle School Lasya Upparchinta Lakeside Middle School (Cumming) Minjun Choi The Westminster Schools Alexandra Cozmuta Autrey Mill Middle School Vyom Shah Autrey Mill Middle School Rachel Kim Webb Bridge Middle School Julia Ding Peachtree Middle School Addyson Sherwood Home School Ethan Leong Peachtree Middle School Darin Kim Hull Middle School Neil Daniel Chamblee Middle School Elizabeth Jung Buford Middle School Joanne Jeon North Gwinnett Middle School
VIOLA
Irene Lee Mount Pisgah Christian School Arsheya Singh Autrey Mill Middle School Nathan Yim North Gwinnett Middle School Celina Park Lanier Middle School Alex Sugden The Westminster Schools Joanne Kim Alton C. Crews Middle School Reagan Gary Woodward Academy Anika Kailasam Renfroe Middle School Esther Pak North Gwinnett Middle School Obinna Uchime Daniell Middle School Shivani Dantuluri The Westminster Schools Andy Fang The Westminster Schools Yidan Liu J. C. Booth Middle School Bryce Spann General Ray Davis Middle School Kevin Chang Lanier Middle School Esther Cartagena Marietta Middle School
CELLO
Daniel Ivansco The Westminster Schools Seunghoon Pi Greater Atlanta Christian School Kiran Wolf The Waldorf School of Atlanta Dylan Im Woodward Academy Chase Choi North Gwinnett Middle School Eric Jiang The Westminster Schools Ethan Nie Autrey Mill Middle School Jake Hunter Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Maggie Liu The Westminster Schools Nile Solomon River Trail Middle School Stephanie Malcom Northwestern Middle School Levi Chambers Home School Austin Marshall The Westminster Schools Heidi Jeong Autrey Mill Middle School Tony Oh Hull Middle School Gabrielle Tompkins Hightower Trail Middle School
BASS
Harmon Shinall Steven Marcet Garrett Shinall Miles Moran Jazon Brown Faith Stroud Chirag Sampat
Bartlett Middle School Woodward Academy Bartlett Middle School J. C. Booth Middle School Ola Middle School Durham Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School
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MIDDL E SC H OOL ORCH ESTR A CRESTON HERRON, CONDUCTOR SAM LOWDER , ORGANIZER
Creston Herron is the Director of Orchestras and Fine Arts Department Chair at Klein High School in Klein, TX. Prior to Klein, he was the Director of Orchestras at YES Prep Public Schools (Houston, TX). His groups have enjoyed the success of consistent UIL Sweepstakes awards, first division ratings and “best in class” awards at festivals across the country. Under his direction, the Klein chamber orchestra and symphony orchestra have consistently placed in the finals of the prestigious Texas Music Educators Association Honor Orchestra Competition. In 2017, the Klein Chamber Orchestra was recognized as the TMEA String Honor Orchestra. The Klein Chamber and Symphony Orchestras have both been named National Winners of the Mark of Excellence Competition. In 2018, the Klein Chamber Orchestra earned the title of Grand Champions, claiming the coveted Orchestra Cup at the National Orchestra Cup Finals held in New York City. In 2019, the Klein Chamber Orchestra was recognized as Grand Champions of the prestigious ASTA National Orchestra Festival. Mr. Herron is a graduate of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where he received his Bachelor Degree and Rice University, Shepherd School of Music in Houston, TX, where he received his Master Degree on scholarship as a Provost Fellow and a Brown Scholar. During the summer seasons, he serves on the AFA Summer Conservatory faculty as a faculty artist. As a violinist, he has performed with various orchestras, and organizations around the world. His orchestral experience includes performances with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, CCM Spoleto festival in Italy, Pasadena Philharmonic, Galveston Symphony, concertmaster of the Eutiner Festspiele Opera in Eutin, Germany, and Houston Latin Philharmonic. As a conductor, he has participated in master classes with Dr. Clif Evans, Gary Lewis, Larry Livingston, Larry Rachleff and Don Schleicher. Mr. Herron was recognized in 2017 as the Teacher of the Year at Klein High School and was awarded the 2018 Marjorie Keller Outstanding Young Teacher of the Year Award by the State Board of the Texas Chapter of The American String Teacher’s Association. The Houston Symphony awarded Mr. Herron with the Spec’s Charitable Award for Excellence in Music Education. He is a proud member of the Texas Music Educators Association, American String Teachers Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association and serves on the executive board of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association. In addition to teaching and performing, Mr. Herron is an active clinician and adjudicator, giving numerous professional development workshops and clinics with many orchestras and school districts across the state as well as conducting allregion orchestras, all-state orchestras, judging UIL competitions and solo and ensembles contests. Mr. Herron currently lives in Tomball, TX with his wife Dawn and daughter Eloise.
Baltic Dance........................................................................................................................................................Kirt Mosier Moorside Suite, March.....................................................................................................Gustav Holst, arr. D. Wright Rest.....................................................................................................................................................................Frank Ticheli Winton Suite, Finale......................................................................................................................................Adam Carse
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1ST VIOLIN
Angelina Lu Hightower Trail Middle School Charlotte Jeong Mount Pisgah Christian School Abby Lim Osborne Middle School Sophia Smits Augusta Christian School Harper Bateman The Westminster Schools Waverly Alexander Northwestern Middle School Alice Oh Hull Middle School Olivia Kim Providence Christian Academy Eric Shu Hull Middle School Sophia Knudsen Taylor Rd. Middle School Landon Liu Creekland Middle School (Lawrenceville) Caleb Lee Buford Middle School Caroline Huang Taylor Rd. Middle School Jaden Yim River Trail Middle School Daniel Yoo North Gwinnett Middle School Jiyu Zhang River Trail Middle School Alexander Coursey Chamblee Middle School Jaina Alexander The Westminster Schools Satomi Ono River Trail Middle School Christopher Miller The Westminster Schools Ellie Kim Duluth Middle School Avi Anand J. C. Booth Middle School
2ND VIOLIN
Chakriya Phaengsook Simpson Middle School Katie Yu Hull Middle School Elena Dagostino Dean Rusk Middle School Rebecca Ma Webb Bridge Middle School Sophia Moreira-Chauvel Capstone Academy Yaesung (Paul) Cho Creekland Middle School (Lawrenceville) Jin Lee Taylor Rd. Middle School Aniston Zhang Taylor Rd. Middle School Isabel Gao The Westminster Schools Claire Zheng Taylor Rd. Middle School Avery Lawson Creekland Middle School (Canton) Victoria Kil Buford Middle School Gloria Smits Home School Jamie Chiu Northwestern Middle School Norah Reilly Liberty Middle School (Cumming) Valor Yang Lanier Middle School Enzo Kukreja Hightower Trail Middle School Christian Lee Creekland Middle School (Lawrenceville) Yena Seo North Gwinnett Middle School Caroline Oh Hull Middle School Jiaxuan Cao River Trail Middle School Chloe Ng Autrey Mill Middle School
VIOLA
Victor Huang Webb Bridge Middle School Rania Haque Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts Daniel Sundaram The Westminster Schools Edward Kim Autrey Mill Middle School Peter Son North Gwinnett Middle School Shalini Dantuluri The Westminster Schools Sonayon Ayeni Duluth Middle School Annette Park Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts Yujeong Lee Hull Middle School Jiyu Kim Hull Middle School Styles Spann General Ray Davis Middle School Claire Park North Gwinnett Middle School Aarush Gupta Webb Bridge Middle School Megan Sears The Museum School of Avondale Estates Austin Kim Glenn C. Jones Middle School Susmita Dhar Autrey Mill Middle School
CELLO
Ethan Lo Dickerson Middle School Samanyu Ganesh The Westminster Schools Andrew Lee North Gwinnett Middle School Philip Jeong North Gwinnett Middle School Abigail Lee Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts Elijah Kim Autrey Mill Middle School Abby Kim Autrey Mill Middle School Oskar Johnson-Liu Savannah Country Day School Claire Hwang Northbrook Middle School Jason Kim North Gwinnett Middle School Malachi Goodman Woodward Academy Nathan Lee North Forsyth Middle School Stella Reber-Vinas The Waldorf School of Atlanta Ezekiel Reddick The Waldorf School of Atlanta Arjun Nirgudkar Pace Academy Diana Christy Home School
BASS
Kate Smith Emily Michelle Luke Smith Troy Gray George Barnett Jr. Frazer Befekadu
Ola Middle School Osborne Middle School The Westminster Schools Coleman Middle School Ola Middle School Daniell Middle School
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STR IN G ORC H ESTR A SEY AHN, CONDUCTOR
PATRICIA CLEATON, ORGANIZER
A 2015 fellow of the American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival, Sey Ahn is currently the Director of Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble at Illinois Wesleyan University. Ahn has served as the Guest Conductor in Residence at Diamond Bar High School for over ten years, whose Symphony Orchestra has won numerous national accolades. Ahn is a frequent Evaluator and Clinician at the annual Music for All Festival held in Indianapolis. She has also been the Assistant Conductor of the Music for All Honor Orchestra of America since 2012. Ahn previously held the position of Music Director and Professor of Conducting at the University of California Santa Barbara. Ahn has worked extensively with young musicians in many youth orchestras around the country. She has been invited as a guest conductor of All-State Festivals in states such as Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Tennessee, Iowa, and Kentucky. Ahn has led orchestral performances in Walt Disney Concert Hall and Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Benedict Music Tent in Aspen, Hilbert Theater in Indianapolis and Alice Tully Hall in New York. Sey Ahn earned a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Northwestern University, where she studied piano with Alan Chow and James Giles, and started her conducting studies with Victor Yampolsky. She earned two Master of Music degrees, in piano and orchestral conducting, from the University of Southern California, where she studied piano with Norman Krieger, and conducting with Larry Livingston, She earned a Doctorate in orchestral conducting at the University of Kentucky, where she studied with John Nardolillo, and served as Assistant Conductor to the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and University of Kentucky Opera Theatre.
Divertimento in F Major, K.138....................................................................................................................W.A. Mozart I. Allegro
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus.................................................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68.....................................................................................................Bela Bartok
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1ST VIOLIN Eugenie Lim Solomon Cho
Harrison High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Steven Zhou Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Geonhee Lee Johns Creek High School Gene Yoon Columbus High School Hayden Yi North Gwinnett High School Ella Grace Malcom Milton High School Ezekiel Werner Decatur High School Raunak Das Lambert High School Alexis Kim Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Emma Lilly North Atlanta High School Jeanne Yoon North Gwinnett High School Sophia Chen Chattahoochee High School Sophie Wang The Westminster Schools Andre Than Innovation Academy Michael Hou Johns Creek High School Sunyoung Kim Northview High School Maryann Kim Alliance Academy of Innovation Erin Birdsong Home School Ian Du Lambert High School Esther Jung Mill Creek High School Kaitlyn Bahk Johns Creek High School
2ND VIOLIN
Hyunbin Moon Peachtree Ridge High School Sophie Landrum Walton High School Nyneishia Janarthanan Innovation Academy Ashley Chang Duluth High School Ethan Yap Harrison High School Patrick Vettickatt Wheeler High School Grace Yu Northview High School Edric Nduwimana Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts Addison Allvine North Atlanta High School Amy Tang Campbell High School Hyeonsu An McIntosh High School Nathan Wong Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Victoria Jeon Mill Creek High School Jordan Zheng Northview High School Evelyn Zhang Johns Creek High School Minsung Kim North Gwinnett High School Karina Maithel The Westminster Schools Seowan Han Chattahoochee High School Shreya Surapaneni Woodward Academy Katie Son Peachtree Ridge High School Susanna Stepanski Home School Eugene Li Walton High School
VIOLA
Seungmin Han Johns Creek High School Sarah Kim The Westminster Schools Richard Yao Northview High School Zoura Chan McIntosh High School Grace Choi Allatoona High School Ethan Braswell Greater Atlanta Christian School Maya Nagia Alpharetta High School Sophia Shi Chamblee High School Ellen Kim Johns Creek High School Christopher Johnson Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Rachel Wang Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Amogh Kondaji Alpharetta High School Hailey Moon North Gwinnett High School Sophie Lin Chattahoochee High School Nicholas Xu Johns Creek High School Marina Richey Roswell High School
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Kristen Song Alex Ko Salome Ho Kevin Lee Isabelle Coursey Evan Dickson Ethan Hayes Theodore Kim Daniel Lee Laurel Zdan Matthew Seo Daniel Luo Caitlyn Chen Jingyu Chang Tavares Baker Billy Sizemore
BASS
Lambert High School Lambert High School Lambert High School Chattahoochee High School Chamblee High School North Atlanta High School Lambert High School Johns Creek High School Walton High School Academe of the Oaks Johns Creek High School Chamblee High School Walton High School Norcross High School Savannah Arts Academy McIntosh High School
Lucca Radosavljevic Savannah Arts Academy Cecilia Clarke Decatur High School Sean Jiao Walton High School Connor Oneacre Milton High School Alex Na The Westminster Schools Sreyasri Ambadipudi Northview High School Kaitlin Ros Milton High School Autumn Smith North Cobb Christian School
A LL-STATE 9 T H & 10 T H G RADE
F U L L ORCH ESTR A JASON SEBER, CONDUCTOR
STACY BROWN, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR | CORIE BENTON , ORGANIZER
Jason Seber is celebrating his fifth year with the Kansas City Symphony, beginning as Assistant Conductor in the 2016-17 season, and as Associate Conductor starting in the 2017-18 season. In this position he has built a strong rapport with the Kansas City community, leading the Symphony in over 70 concerts each season on the Classics Uncorked, Pops, Family, Film + Live Orchestra, Young People’s Concerts, KinderKonzerts, and Link Up series, as well as Christmas Festival, Symphony in the Flint Hills, and many other programs. In October 2019, he made his debut on the Classical Series and recently led another Classical Series program in the spring of 2021. He also serves as a co-host for the Symphony’s podcast, “Beethoven Walks into a Bar.” Prior to his appointment with the Kansas City Symphony, Seber served as Education and Outreach Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra from 2013 to 2016 and Music Director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra from 2005 to 2016. He has also served as Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and the National Repertory Orchestra. Seber has guest conducted many leading North American orchestras, including the Charleston Symphony, Cleveland Pops, Colorado Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, National Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and the Windsor Symphony. A passionate advocate of music education, Seber recently conducted the 2019 National Repertory Orchestra at concerts in Breckenridge and as part of the Bravo! Vail Music Festival. He returns to lead the NRO in July 2021. He has led the Honors Performance Series Orchestra in performances at Royal Festival Hall in London (2019), Carnegie Hall (2018), and the Sydney Opera House (2017). In November 2019 he led the APAC Honors Festival Orchestra in Seoul, South Korea. He served as the Missouri All-State Orchestra Conductor in 2020 and will be the Pennsylvania AllState Conductor in 2022. Seber has performed with classical artists Jinjoo Cho, Paul Jacobs, Conrad Tao, and Joyce Yang, and a diverse range of pops artists including Patti Austin, Andrew Bird, Boyz II Men, Melissa Etheridge, Ben Folds, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Lyle Lovett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, My Morning Jacket, Leslie Odom, Jr., Aoife O’Donovan, Pink Martini, Doc Severinsen, Bobby Watson, and Wynonna. He earned his master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his bachelor’s degrees in violin performance and music education from Baldwin Wallace University.
Symphony no. 9 in E minor "New World"......................................................................................Antonin Dvorak IV. Allegro con fuoco
"Nimrod" from Enigma Variations, op. 36..........................................................................................Edward Elgar The Cowboys Overture.............................................................................................................................John Williams
A LL-STATE 9 T H & 10 T H G RADE
F U L L ORCH ESTR A PA R T I C I PAT I N G ST U D E N T S
1ST VIOLIN Claire Cho Xiaojun Ge Ashley Heo Allison Cheng Lela Stair Didi Stone Harah Kang Yeeun Kim
Alpharetta High School Northview High School Northview High School Brookwood High School Duluth High School Starr's Mill High School Savannah Arts Academy Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Alyssa Lee Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Giulliana Scaramazza Chattahoochee High School Kate (Sunny) Kim Walton High School Stephen Zhu Walton High School Abigail Kim Northview High School Amber Li Johns Creek High School Rebekah Kim Peachtree Ridge High School Emily Huo Augusta Preparatory Day School Violet Lorish Capstone Academy Aaron Wang Alpharetta High School Aiden Lee Chamblee High School Hyerim Sim Northside High School (Columbus) Rose Nadershahi Chattahoochee High School Haohan (Harry) Yang Walton High School
2ND VIOLIN
Shristi Roy Alexandra Greenfield
Woodward Academy Northside High School (Columbus) Erin Li Kell High School Jeffrey Xu Johns Creek High School Angelina Lee Walton High School Sharon Lee Savannah Arts Academy Jessica Rhee Rockdale Magnet School For Science and Technology Zoe Lee Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Youyou Zhu Johns Creek High School Dustin Pyo Columbus High School Sara Takagi Columbus High School Abhay Shetty Johns Creek High School Christine Ock Northview High School Richard Kang Wheeler High School Sarah Kwon Mill Creek High School Andres Urbina Northside High School (Columbus) Mia Motley Lassiter High School Faith Meshida Central Gwinnett High School Christian Hable Walton High School Yousuf Mirza Milton High School Emily Zhao Chattahoochee High School Elizabeth Wang Northview High School
VIOLA
Samuel Beasley North Gwinnett High School Arnika Alikhani The Westminster Schools Olivia Yu Alpharetta High School Yeoneui Jeong Johns Creek High School Lynden Baek North Gwinnett High School Tyler Bothwell Chattahoochee High School Lindsey Carpenter Roswell High School Sophia Yang Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Athena Yang Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Alisa Lee LaGrange High School Emma Fang Decatur High School Keefer Lin Chattahoochee High School Raymond Xue Johns Creek High School Anna Ahn Northview High School Danielle Chun Mill Creek High School Marissa Evans Richmond Hill High School
CELLO
Jaia Alli Joshua Nguyen Eric Xu
The Westminster Schools Wheeler High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Zhikai Huang Walton High School Christian Phanhthourath Wheeler High School Eric Son North Gwinnett High School Yeseo Han North Gwinnett High School Andrew Laughlin McIntosh High School Neel Krishnan Sprayberry High School Jiayi Lu Northview High School Alexander Woloschinow Hillgrove High School Katherine Lamback Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Mia Song Alpharetta High School Ryan Dater Marietta High School Karis Kim North Gwinnett High School Grady Jenkins Marietta High School
BASS
Andrew Lakly Hazel Patty Ethan Huang Collin Marbutt Jack Bolte Irene Achanti Thomas Gamba Yuvin Kang
HARP
Tej Panchal Scarlett Felando
McIntosh High School Decatur High School Chamblee High School Walton High School Chamblee High School Alpharetta High School Milton High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
South Forsyth High School Decatur High School
FLUTE
George Jabren Ashan Galhena Seoyoon Kim
The Westminster Schools Lambert High School Northview High School
OBOE
Benjamin Lee Lee Howell
Johns Creek High School Bainbridge High School
BASSOON Owen Quick Lucas Black
Whitewater High School Home School
CLARINET Casey Shen Hanze Zhang
Northview High School Northview High School
TRUMPET Julian Samuels Michael Soule Justin Arnold
Grayson High School Pope High School Carrollton High School
HORN
Irene Tang Brock Brush Caleb Pope Damaya Norwood
TROMBONE Ian Lilly Elliott Keyser
Johns Creek High School Jefferson High School Perry High School Cass High School
North Cobb High School Starr's Mill High School
BASS TROMBONE Ethan Sarrell
Sequoyah High School
TUBA
Jonah Krosner
South Forsyth High School
TIMPANI
Benjamin Badinger Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
PERCUSSION Cole Martin Gavin Burns Kimberlie Ng
Milton High School Wesleyan School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
ALL-STATE 11 T H & 12 T H G RADE
STR IN G ORC H ESTR A DR. RACHEL DIRKS, CONDUCTOR LORI BUONAMICI, ORGANIZER
Rachel Dirks, Director of Orchestral Studies, is an active conductor, clinician, and educator. In addition to her work with the KSU Symphony Orchestra, she teaches applied cello and string education at K-State. Dr. Dirks holds cello performance degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Bethel College, and a Ph.D. in music education, with an emphasis in orchestral conducting, from the University of Kansas. As a guest conductor Dr. Dirks has been invited to conduct orchestras throughout the United States, including recent appearances in Kentucky, Oregon, New York, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and throughout Kansas. As a featured clinician, she has presented at the National Convention of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and the state music education conferences of Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and Kansas. Her most recent research has been accepted for presentations at the International Society of Music Education (ISME) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). Along with her work at Kansas State, Dr. Dirks serves on the national ASTA committee on health and wellness with a focus on mental health. Her writing has been published in the American String Teacher, the Kansas Music Review, and several volumes of the instructional publication, Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra. She has led performance tours to Italy, Austria, Ireland, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, and as a cellist, she has enjoyed performing in a wide array of ensembles and venues, including Carnegie Hall. And, as an educator, she has been honored with awards from the Kansas Music Educators Association, the American String Teachers Association Kansas Chapter, the Lawrence Schools Foundation, and the Newton Public Schools. Throughout her work, her fundamental goal is to encourage musicians to seek and create community through music.
String Symphony #7 in D Minor....................................................................................................Felix Mendelssohn “Holberg” Suite..............................................................................................................................................Edvard Grieg IV. Air
Tango: Por Una Cabeza.................................................................................................Carlos Gardel, arr. Naughtin Starburst.............................................................................................................................................Jessie Montgomery
ALL-STATE 11 T H & 12 T H G RADE
STR IN G ORC H ESTR A PA R T I C I PAT I N G ST U D E N T S
1ST VIOLIN Suann Kim
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Ajay Balasubramaniam Lambert High School Kelly Jeong Northview High School Charles Kim Johns Creek High School Christia Saputera Peachtree Ridge High School Isabella Lin Johns Creek High School Lauren Zelnak The Lovett School Erin Suh Chattahoochee High School William Zhang Alpharetta High School Abby Lee Hebron Christian Academy Rea Aiyer Wheeler High School Joey Dagostino Sequoyah High School Lauren Chan McIntosh High School Gibson Akin Harrison High School Ben Cha Peachtree Ridge High School Aeden O'Shields Allatoona High School Joseph Yeo Collins Hill High School Meghan Bosman Chamblee High School Lee Kim Johns Creek High School Yaewon Cho Collins Hill High School Kennith Lee Northview High School Daeho Kwak Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
2ND VIOLIN
Brandon Lee Greater Atlanta Christian School Tyler Clement Hillgrove High School Simms Murray Athens Academy Daniel Huang Athens Academy Sageiana Codispoti North Gwinnett High School Olivia Durrence Mill Creek High School Sean Kim Savannah Arts Academy Nayeong Kweon Chattahoochee High School Caeley Woo Chamblee High School Janice Lee Chattahoochee High School Rachel Kwon North Gwinnett High School Christina Wu Roswell High School Nathan Kim North Gwinnett High School Natalie Sarzen Chamblee High School Soham Pati Cambridge High School Jian Kim Peachtree Ridge High School Irene Ha Johns Creek High School Yu-An Chen Northview High School Rebekah Kim Peachtree Ridge High School Lyric Olson Savannah Arts Academy Haelin Lee Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Aden Adjei Savannah Country Day School
VIOLA
Kaiyan Xu Chamblee High School Kyle Lynch Union Grove High School ZiWei Tang Savannah Arts Academy Hyeonju Kim Callaway High School Mason Minutella Allatoona High School Anne Eaton Campbell High School Jason Xu Walton High School Abigail Lee Chattahoochee High School Jihwan Shin North Gwinnett High School Meghana Malempati Johns Creek High School Ben Suarez Allatoona High School David Kim Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Bryan Kim Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Erika Tay Lanier High School Angel Rosario Columbus High School Brian Woo Johns Creek High School
CELLO
Cal Walrath Kai Lee Jeremy Lee Jane Lee Jonah Yi Charlton Hills Sydney Brown Owen Zealey-Chen Hope Collier Richard Yu Grace Yu Erik Isakson Aaron Seymour Kathy Park Tanner Stauss Donovan Webster
BASS
Eric Dukes Lindsey Ferguson Will Duncan Noah Koh Ross Pope Samuel Lin Zakar Basan Madeline Bower
Johns Creek High School Johns Creek High School Duluth High School Paul Duke STEM High School North Gwinnett High School Riverwood International Charter School Whitewater High School The Paideia School Peachtree Ridge High School Fulton Science Academy Peachtree Ridge High School Harrison High School Savannah Arts Academy Northview High School The Walker School Harrison High School
Roswell High School Parkview High School Mount Paran Christian School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School Alpharetta High School Chattahoochee High School Marietta High School
ALL-STATE 11 T H & 12 T H G RADE
F U L L ORCH ESTR A SHARON L AVERY, CONDUCTOR
TODD MANSON, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR | SARA GRIMES, ORGANIZER Sharon Lavery’s extensive career has led her to conduct in distinguished concert halls across the United States, including Carnegie Hall on several occasions. Currently, she serves as resident conductor of the University of Southern California Thornton Symphony, Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. She has led the Thornton ensembles in concert on countless occasions, and served as music director of the Thornton Concert Orchestra for seven years. In addition to these duties at USC, Lavery teaches instrumental conducting. Outside of USC, Lavery enjoys a successful professional career. Since 2007 she has been music director of the Downey Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble hailed as one of the best metropolitan orchestras in Southern California. Ms. Lavery has appeared as guest conductor with the Vermont Symphony, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, San Bernardino Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, La Brea Sinfonia of Los Angeles, and the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Orchestra in Palm Springs, CA. For many years she held the post of cover conductor for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and has also served as cover conductor for the San Diego Symphony. She has been the assistant conductor of the Pasadena Symphony, the associate conductor of the Herbert Zipper Orchestra of Los Angeles, and has also served as music director of the MUSE International Music Day Festival in Chiba, Japan. In addition, she has made CD recordings with Delos Records, Inc. and at Warner Bros studio in Burbank, CA. Lavery is also known as an advocate for music education. She has conducted the International Honors Performance Series Orchestra and Band, the Missouri All-State Orchestra, the California All-State High School Concert Band, and the Texas 4A All-State Band. Ms. Lavery has also served as a guest conductor for several district honor bands throughout California. Hailing from Ossining, New York, Lavery received her bachelor of music education degree from Michigan State University and master of music in clarinet performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. She also earned a master of music in orchestral conducting from USC Thornton, receiving the Leonard Bernstein Memorial Scholarship for two consecutive years.
Downey Overture.......................................................................................................................................Oscar Navarro Symphony No. 4......................................................................................................................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky II. Andantino in modo di canzona III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato — Allegro IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
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ALL-STATE 11 T H & 12 T H G RADE
F U L L ORCH ESTR A PA R T I C I PAT I N G ST U D E N T S
1ST VIOLIN
Zach Tseng Chattahoochee High School Roy Lee Northview High School Jeremiah Jung Northview High School Samuel Vaillancourt Columbus High School Katherine Chong Johns Creek High School Hermes Mejia Duluth High School Ellie Park North Gwinnett High School Amartya Kallingal Pace Academy Amy Mo Johns Creek High School Revin Jun Northview High School Ryan Kim South Forsyth High School Madison Park River Ridge High School Eric Sun Alpharetta High School Jennifer Yu Collins Hill High School Nishka Soni Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Anand Krishnan North Gwinnett High School Elise Park Walton High School Elizabeth Jones Savannah Arts Academy Sanjna Prakash Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Pradyun Chandramouli Northview High School Noah Yoon Columbus High School Cindy Chen Lassiter High School
2
ND
VIOLIN
Danielle Najarian Angela Li Abigail Kim Lucas Nyman Christina Kim Mina Smith James Chen Michael Cai Brayden Wilson Alicia Li Samay Desai Luca Veni Erin Choi Emma Hu Luca Davidson Shazan Samnani Yujin Lim Michelle Lee Euan Ham Salome Won Lucas Stancill Ikenna Okoro
Milton High School Fulton Science Academy Johns Creek High School Starr's Mill High School Peachtree Ridge High School Savannah Arts Academy Alpharetta High School Peachtree Ridge High School Georgia Connections Academy Northview High School Alpharetta High School Mill Creek High School Collins Hill High School Northview High School Lassiter High School McIntosh High School Pope High School North Gwinnett High School Union Grove High School Lambert High School North Gwinnett High School Whitewater High School
VIOLA
Claire Hong Jason Seo Jodie Stone George Young Daniel Boscan Jaehyun Im Jonathan Gil
North Gwinnett High School Johns Creek High School Starr's Mill High School Walton High School North Atlanta High School Northview High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Ellis Dill Hillgrove High School Jensi Perng Northview High School Zoe Schwartz Woodward Academy Richard Rowe Marietta High School Esha Sringeri Milton High School Nicholas Chang Duluth High School Hannah Smallwood Milton High School Irene Park Collins Hill High School Colleen Kim Chattahoochee High School
CELLO
Brandon Leonard Jonathan Fuller Anna Nam Richard Wang Dean Kim Tyler Gemmell Owen Lear Nathan Shepherd Tristan Dempsey JD Yoo Khalil Payne Jihoon Kim Faith Huang Dayo Lee Ian Koontz Legacy Kluck
Chamblee High School Midtown High School McIntosh High School Starr's Mill High School Lambert High School Mill Creek High School Midtown High School Duluth High School Columbus High School Alpharetta High School McEachern High School Peachtree Ridge High School Walton High School McIntosh High School Harrison High School North Cobb High School
BASS
Emily Criswell Anoushka Scaria Catherine Kitchens
Liam Weng Alice Huh Alexandra Tarassenko
OBOE
Elise Hayen Calvin Hur
LaGrange High School Milton High School North Springs High School
Lambert High School Lambert High School Paul Duke STEM High School
Heritage High School (Ringgold) Milton High School
BASSOON Noah Eastman Ahmad Duncan
Savannah Arts Academy Sandy Creek High School
CLARINET Kevin Jin Kyunghwan Lim
Mill Creek High School Chattahoochee High School
TRUMPET
Toby Johnson Joshua Puente McKenzie Matthews Simon Toney
HORN
Aidan Christensen Luke Frain Peter Dixon Michael Sersaw
Northgate High School Lassiter High School Lakeside High School (Evans) Greenbrier High School
Kell High School Greenbrier High School Duluth High School Home School
TROMBONE Ben Novo Wills Kane
Woodland High School (Cartersville) Lakeside High School (Evans)
BASS TROMBONE Scott Rasher
TUBA
Sam Stellberg
Jonathan (JT) Sandberg Sprayberry High School Bria Rives Fayette County High School Macy Kiger Harrison High School Richard Zhou North Gwinnett High School Austin Carter Academy for Classical Education Brenden Feldman McIntosh High School Yenna Park Savannah Country Day School Jordan Gomez DeKalb School of the Arts
HARP
FLUTE
TIMPANI
Zachary Johnson
PERCUSSION Jordan Katz Joshua Franklin James Winkler
West Forsyth High School
North Forsyth High School
West Forsyth High School
Norcross High School Ringgold High School Lakeside High School (Evans)