georgia music educators association
2016 ALL-state
Band & Orchestra Dr. John Odom, President Tracy Wright, Vice-President for All-State Events Neil Ruby, Band Division Chair Sarah Black, Orchestra Division Chair
Cheryl Floyd Todd Stalter Alex Kaminsky John T. Madden Steven D. Davis Richard Floyd
Brian Balmages Pamela Tellejohn Hayes Alan MacNair Thomas Joiner Kevin Noe Dr. Robert Gillespie
THE CLASSIC CENTER ATHENS, GEORGIA
district organizers
All-State Band Organizers District 1 District 1 District 2 District 2 District 3 District 3 District 4 District 4 District 5 District 5 District 6 District 6 District 7 District 7 District 8 District 8 District 9 District 9 District 10 District 10 District 11 District 11 District 12 District 12 District 13 District 13 District 14 District 14
Tony Murray Middle School Sean McBride High School Brad Moore Middle School Andrew C. Bell High School Jason Thorne Middle School Jarrett Farrell High School Middle School Christine Kraemer David High High School Middle School Christine Pobursky Ira Jenkins High School Josh Brandon Middle School Jack Jean High School Sam Simon Middle School Stephen Hendricks High School Alan Carter Middle School Jonathan Hickox High School Kevin Boyle Middle School Michael Pickett High School Steve Pruitt Middle School Jessie Morlan High School Middle School James Christiansen Chuck Herron High School Robbin Lowery Middle School Andy Esserwein High School Robin Schaps Middle School Lee Newman High School Craig Bailey Middle School Ryan Dukes High School
STATEWIDE organizers Middle School
Matt Koperniak High School
Pat Gallagher GEORGIA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AT MAKING THE GEORGIA ALL-STATE EVENTS A GREAT SUCCESS.
district organizers
All-State Orchestra Organizers District 1 Paula Swart District 3 Gina Moody District 4 David Goodwin District 5 Carolyn Landreau District 6 Sam Lowder District 7 William Camp District 9 Ben Rice District 10 Philip Rhodes Ashley Culley District 12 Amy Clement District 13 District 14 Beth Bowen Shaw
STATEWIDE organizer
Evelyn Champion
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All-State Middle School Orchestra Brian Balmages, Conductor Carl Rieke, Organizer
Brian Balmages is an award-winning composer, conductor, producer, and performer. His music for winds, brass, and orchestra has been performed in countries throughout the world. His active schedule of commissions and premieres has incorporated groups ranging from elementary schools to professional ensembles including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Miami Symphony Orchestra, the University of Miami Wind Ensemble, Boston Brass, Off Bass Brass, and the Dominion Brass Ensemble. His music has been performed by members of leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony, and others. World premieres have included prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. His music was also performed as part of the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service, which was attended by both President Obama and Vice President Biden. He received his bachelor’s degree in music from James Madison University and his master’s degree from the University of Miami in Florida. He is a recipient of the prestigious A. Austin Harding Award from the American School Band Directors Association and was also featured in James Madison University’s “Be the Change” campaign. As a conductor, Mr. Balmages has enjoyed engagements with numerous all-state and regional bands and orchestras as well as university and professional groups. Notable guest conducting appearances have included the Midwest Clinic, Western International Band Clinic, College Band Directors Eastern Regional Conference, American School Band Directors Association National Conference and others. Additional conducting appearances have included the Kennedy Center and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. He has also served as an adjunct professor of instrumental conducting and Acting Symphonic Band Director at Towson University in Maryland. Currently, he is Director of Instrumental Publications for The FJH Music Company Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He resides in Baltimore with his wife Lisa and their two sons.
Program Slavonic Dance Opus 46 No. 8.......................................................Dvorak, arr. McCashin Lullaby to the Moon......................................................................................................Balmages Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46..............................................................Grieg, arr. Gruselle I. Morning Mood
II. Aase’s Death III. Anitra’s Dance IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Rhythm Dances...............................................................................................................Balmages
All State Middle School Orchestra All-State Middle School Orchestra Brian Balmages, Conductor 1st Violin Zach Tseng
Viola Home School
Irene Kwon
J. C. Booth Middle School
Junho Chang
Savannah Country Day School
Ivy Xue
Autrey Mill Middle School
Andrew Mao
Westminster School
Alex Oh
Athens Academy
Ava Posner Jonathan Eernisse Anna Hu Daniel Seog Erin Cho Nithya Jayakumar
Renfroe Middle School Home School River Trail Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School Home School
Bryan Kim Claire Hong
North Gwinnett Middle School
Sydney Moore
Savannah Country Day School
Sophia Ahn Chloe Duensing Ashley Jian
Daniel Lee
Webb Bridge Middle School
Audrey Tanner
Alice Howting
Our Lady of the Assumption
Vivek Raman
Vivia Lung
Webb Bridge Middle School
Kaiyan Xu
Larrisa Chen Sean Kim Jeremiah Jung Alvin Adjei Yoon Ji Cho Charis Dwire
Autrey Mill Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School River Trail Middle School Savannah Country Day School Taylor Rd. Middle School Home School
Jenny Heo
Webb Bridge Middle School
Stana Choi
Blackmon Road Middle School
Ethan Kim
South Forsyth Middle School
Daniel Choo
Hull Middle School
2nd Violin Nicholas Xie Josephine Han Annabel Shue Alex Foster
Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville River Trail Middle School
Home School
Christina Kim
Hull Middle School
Evan Thomas
Riverside Middle School
Schyler Rowland Paul-Louis Biondi Kevin Chae Emma Mason Christia Saputera Catherine Chen Amen Gashaw Jinseon Ryu Eileen Liu Michael Fu Vicky Yu Vicky Chung Brandon CabigonSoliber Neha Gregory Caeley Woo William Zhang
Jamese Brown Jesse An Malachi Gregory Naomi Chernowski
Westminster School Pace Academy
South Forsyth Middle School Glenn C. Jones Middle School Westminster School McClure Middle School - Kennesaw Dodgen Middle School Kittredge Magnet School Twin Rivers Middle School Hopewell Middle School Lovinggood Middle School East Cobb Middle School
Cello Evan Nicholson Alicia Shin
The Paideia School North Gwinnett Middle School
Timothy Cho
Hull Middle School
Patrick Kim
Woodward Academy
Maximilian Lou Jonathan Kim
Athens Academy
Hull Middle School
Autrey Mill Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School
Gabriella McClellan
Home School
Jack Shepherd
Home School
Jasmine Pettus
Home School
Hojun Choi Seong-Won Lee Joshua Yu David Hur
J. C. Booth Middle School Taylor Rd. Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville
Sutton Middle School
Rishi Gaddamanugu
North Gwinnett Middle School
Dickerson Middle School
Sophie Lee
North Gwinnett Middle School
The Walker School
Eden Rowe
The Walker School
Hull Middle School Autrey Mill Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Dickerson Middle School
Bass Elizabeth Galloway Joshua Shepherd Nathan Keith
Haynes Bridge Middle School
Frank Zhou
Dodgen Middle School
Livia Epnett
North Gwinnett Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville
Alton C. Crews Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Henderson Middle School - Chamblee Webb Bridge Middle School
Katie Tran Ashley Nation Thomas Irish
Palmer Middle School Wesley International Academy McCleskey Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School Lovinggood Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Bay Creek Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School
All-State Middle School Orchestra Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Conductor Patricia Cleaton, Organizer
Pamela Tellejohn Hayes is nationally recognized for her work in the field of music education as an orchestra clinician, consultant, conductor, author, and public school teacher. She is the recipient of the Merle J. Isaac Lifetime Achievement Award from both the National School Orchestra Association (NSOA) and the SC chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA). She also received Elizabeth Green School Educator Award from ASTA and has been inducted into the SCMEA Hall of Fame. In 1999, SC Governor Jim Hodges awarded her The Order of the Silver Crescent for exemplary performance, contribution, and achievement within the community. In addition, she has been inducted into the SCMEA Hall of Fame and received the Citation for Leadership and Merit from ASTA with NSOA. Leadership roles include serving as president of NSOA, SCMEA, the Orchestra Division of SCMEA and the SC chapter of ASTA. Mrs. Hayes is co-author of the comprehensive method book series Essential Elements for Strings published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. As a public school coordinator and teacher for 31 years, her award winning orchestras performed three concerts in Carnegie Hall. Mrs. Hayes earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wichita State University, a Master of Education degree in Educational Administration and an Education Specialist certificate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Carolina. She currently resides in Lexington, SC with her husband, Larry, where she is a violinist with the South Carolina Philharmonic and adjunct instructor of violin and string methods at Columbia College.
Program Allegro from Concerto in D Major..........Sigr. Anderssen, arr. Robert D. McCashin Carpe Diem! (Overture for String Orchestra).........................................Richard Meyer After the Rain............................................................................................................Susan H. Day Heart of Fire......................................................................................................Lauren Bernofsky Sagebrush...............................................................................................................James Curnow
All State Middle School Orchestra All-State Middle School Orchestra Pam Tellejohn Hayes, Conductor 1st Violin
Viola
Robert Jeon
Dodgen Middle School
Kelly Jeong
River Trail Middle School
Jennifer Deng
J. C. Booth Middle School
Mabel Htay
Haynes Bridge Middle School
Kevin Chen
Westminster School
Yoonseo Kwon
River Trail Middle School
Diane Moon
North Gwinnett Middle School
Bradley Dai
Autrey Mill Middle School
Eunice Chon Shanru Xu Darsha Krishnamurthi Toby Liu
North Gwinnett Middle School Chamblee Middle School Piney Grove Middle School Westminster School
Yuji Yamada
Duluth Middle School
Sara Magelis
Henderson Middle School - Chamblee
Erin Kong Abigail Carpenter Judy Kim
North Gwinnett Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School Dodgen Middle School
Naheun Kim
Westminster School
Etta Thomas
Riverside Middle School
Ellie Park
North Gwinnett Middle School
Bryan Chong
Autrey Mill Middle School
Kaitlyn Jung
River Trail Middle School
2nd Violin
Rachel Lee Alden Kidane Lydia Choi
Chamblee Middle School Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville
Megan Hong
South Forsyth Middle School
Emily Wyche
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Kaci Xie Nina Nagarajan Amanda Bock Tyler Neville Clara Kim Eilene Pham
Webb Bridge Middle School Hull Middle School Hopewell Middle School The Lovett School Autrey Mill Middle School Osborne Middle School
John Traynelis
Henderson Middle School - Chamblee
Eliza Mitchem
DeKalb School of the Arts
Nehemiah Turner Keveen Campos Jander Kugelman
Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Bennett's Mill Middle School
Hightower Trail Middle School
Cello Lexine Feng Christine Jeong Eric Chen Jordan Leslie
Home School River Trail Middle School Dickerson Middle School The Paideia School
Jun-ha Jung
River Trail Middle School
Olivia Johnson-Liu
Savannah Country Day School
Thomas Joo
Dodgen Middle School
Doowon Kim
North Gwinnett Middle School
Dean Kim
Emily Primmer Faith Xu Danielle Najarian Sophie Chan Hilary Chen Hannah Lee Alex Bae Raymond Osborne Sarang Pujari Luke Cho Mina Smith Hallie Perry Edward Chen MinJae Kim Isaac Chen Daniel Huang
Godley Station School K-8 Dickerson Middle School Northwestern Middle School Fulton Science Academy Middle School River Trail Middle School
Durham Middle School Mount Pisgah Christian School Sandtown Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School River Trail Middle School Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Home School
Duluth Middle School South Forsyth Middle School Taylor Rd. Middle School Athens Academy
Hye Kang
Hull Middle School
Susie Choi
Pinecrest Academy
Heyi Zhang Allen Pan
Trickum Middle School Taylor Rd. Middle School
Riverwatch Middle School
Mingdao Gavalda
Atlanta International School
Brandon Yoon
Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville
Juwon Lim Karen Yi Matthew Kim Daniel Kim Brian Pak Andrew Wang Issac Cho
McClure Middle School - Kennesaw Duluth Middle School River Trail Middle School
Autrey Mill Middle School Duluth Middle School River Trail Middle School Hull Middle School
Bass Corban Johnson Alivia Carter Sydnie Roberds Olivia Desio Siddhartha Narker Kofi Lacefield
Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville Georgia Cyber Academy
Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Hightower Trail Middle School
Druid Hills Middle School M.D. Roberts Middle School
Margaret Mason
The Waldorf School of Atlanta
Ben Stone
Savannah Country Day School
All-State 9th and 10th grade String Orchestra Alan MacNair, Conductor Teresa Hoebeke, Organizer
Alan MacNair graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and then received a Bachelor of Music degree from Michigan State University, where he majored in string education. He then attended Boston University, earning a Master of Music degree in violin performance. He has studied with violinists Joseph Silverstein, Louis Krasner, and Walter Verdehr, and has also studied conducting with Gustav Meier at the University of Michigan. Mr. MacNair was the orchestra director at Troy High School for twenty-nine years, and built the orchestra program from 35 students to 220 string players. Under his direction, the Troy High Symphony commissioned several original works, was three times named National Grand Champion, and earned top ratings at other festivals around the United States. Mr. MacNair has also been the Music Director and Conductor of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, which draws students from all over Southeast Michigan, and performs orchestral repertoire of the highest order. Mr. MacNair has also been the Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor of the Rochester Symphony, and a substitute performer with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He was the 1993 MSBOA District String Teacher of the Year, and was also named the State String Teacher of the Year by the Michigan String Teachers Association in 1998. In 2004, was named the Troy District High School Teacher of the Year, and in 2007, was one of USA Today’s Top Twenty Teachers in America, and remains the only music teacher to win this award. He was recently presented the Elizabeth Green Award as the American String Teachers Association National String Teacher of the year. He is also a founding member of the Michigan State University College of Music Alumni Board, and the founder and conductor of the Oakland University Chamber Orchestra. He is a frequent clinician at national and regional music education conferences.
Program St. Paul’s Suite............................................................................................................Gustav Holst I. Jig
II. Ostinato III. Intermezzo IV. Finale (The Dargason)
Adagio for Strings, Opus 11.............................................................................Samuel Barber Folk Tune Air and Fiddler’s Fury............................................................Alexander Safford
I. Folk Tune Air II. Fiddler’s Fury
9/10 String Orchestra Alan McNair, Conductor
All-State 9 and 10 grade String Orchestra th
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1st Violin KangHee Jin Dohyuk Yang Jerry Lu Samuel Surbrook Felix Pei Hannah Shin Yujin Choi Gregory Butler Ethan Wang Lydia Nam Judy Chong David Wen Praneet Ramakrishnan
Viola Lambert High School
Emily Wang
Chattahoochee High School
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Thomas Kim
North Gwinnett High School
Norcross High School Home School
Lakeside High School - Evans Savannah Arts Academy Woodward Academy Home School Johns Creek High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Centennial High School Milton High School
Jeffrey Yu
Northview High School
Daniel Kim
Druid Hills High School
Anika Park
Walton High School
Mashu Takeda
McIntosh High School
Angela Lau
Norcross High School
Grace Motahari
North Springs High School
Samuel Song
Johns Creek High School
Roger Zhang
Parkview High School
Jacob Leung
Walton High School
2nd Violin Adam Jobson Ellen Kang Minjoo Kim Josiah Meadows Gabrielle Fontaine
Home School Savannah Arts Academy Chattahoochee High School Home School Savannah Arts Academy
Serena Song
Peachtree Ridge High School
Kimberly Beauvais
North Gwinnett High School
Erin Ohm Evonne Iau Max Xu
Johns Creek High School Woodward Academy Johns Creek High School
Mimi Konieczny
Westminster School
Yiren Hou
Walton High School
Anvith Reddy
Brookwood High School
Jennifer Smith
Savannah Arts Academy
Jennifer Ko
Johns Creek High School
Mustafa Hussain
Brookwood High School
Joyce Yun
Chamblee High School
Daniel Lee
North Gwinnett High School
Christina Huang
Westminster School
Bailey Park
Home School
Rubin Park
Collins Hill High School
Hong-Yu Guo
Davidson Fine Arts
Jessica Yeh
Duluth High School
Claire Sharpe
Walton High School
Albert Chen
Walton High School
Susan Yi Jeremy Jefferson Jewel Johnson Margaret Zhang Na Ku Akugbe Imudia James Cai Katelyn Choe McKayla Andersen Damaris Billups Sehyun Kim
Northview High School River Ridge High School Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts Walton High School
North Gwinnett High School Grayson High School Peachtree Ridge High School Greater Atlanta Christian School Allatoona High School Davidson Fine Arts Northview High School
Cello Rayen Kang Tannessa Dang Alex Lin
Northview High School North Gwinnett High School Northview High School
Jack Steber
Walton High School
Meagan Rwambaisire
Walton High School
Isaac Ahn Andrew Barnett Alyson Lee Ryan Lee Tara Pillai Sidhesh Desai HyunGu Lee
North Gwinnett High School Davidson Fine Arts Hebron Christian Academy Peachtree Ridge High School Westminster School Alpharetta High School Mount Paran Christian School
Ayako PedersonTakeda
Brookwood High School
John Kang
Collins Hill High School
Sei Ko
Josh Chough
Bass Joseph Zhang Kayleigh Monahan Alex Pu
McIntosh High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Milton High School
Johns Creek High School
Mwanzi Harriott
Tri-Cities High School
Christian Harvey
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts
Alex Petralia
Druid Hills High School
Knox Massey
The Lovett School
Morgan Wood
Lanier High School
All-State 9th and 10th grade Full Orchestra Thomas Joiner, Conductor Kinsey Edwards, Organizer Stacy Brown, Percussion Coordinator
Thomas Joiner has appeared as a conductor, violinist, chamber player, and teacher throughout the United States and eleven foreign countries. As Professor of Violin and Orchestral Activities at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, he conducts the Furman Symphony Orchestra in orchestral, operatic, and oratorio performances each year. As Music Director and Conductor of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra (NC) since 1998 Joiner’s creative programming has led to continued growth for the orchestra, community support and sold-out performances. He has invited notable musicians to perform with the HSO including pianists Lee Luvisi, Yakov Kasman, and Jorge Federico Osorio, cellists Andres Diaz and Carter Brey, violinists James Buswell, Stephanie Chase, Laura St. John, and William Preucil, tenors Gary Lakes and Stanford Olsen, soprano Angela Brown and popular artists jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling, Rhythm and Brass, Celtic fiddler Jamie Laval, the Kruger Brothers, and the Andy Carlson Band. In addition to the Masterworks Series the HSO partners with area public schools presenting curriculum-based youth concerts to thousands of 3rd and 6th grade Henderson county children each year. A sought after guest conductor, Joiner led the Orquestra da Camera Theatre Sao Pedro during two residencies in Porto Alegre, Brazil, conducted the Greenville (SC) Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Asheville (NC) Lyric Opera in three sold-out performances of South Pacific, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the 2015 Masterworks Music Festival. A devoted educator, Joiner has served as conductor for AllState orchestras in addition to presenting clinics at regional and national music education conferences from Alabama to Ohio. As a Director of the Furman Band and Orchestra Camp he conducts the high school orchestra each summer. As an orchestral violinist Joiner has shared the stage with conductors Robert Shaw, James Levine, Jorge Mester, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, John Nelson, and Keith Lockhart as well as soloists Renee Fleming, Frederica von Stade, David Daniels, Peter Serkin, Itzhak Perlman, YoYo Ma, Gil Shaham and Joshua Bell. As an Artistic Ambassador for the United States Information Agency, he presented seventeen violin recitals with pianist Douglas Weeks during a five-week tour of western Africa and the Middle East. During a sabbatical Joiner studied in Paris with eminent maestro John Nelson. He has twice served as a visiting professor at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. For many years Joiner held the Dr. & Mrs. William J. Pendergrast, Sr. Artist Chair at Brevard Music Center where he served on the conducting staff and as a concertmaster of the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra. He was honored in 2009, along with his wife, violist Anna Barbrey Joiner, with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Previous positions also include Professor of Violin and Orchestral Activities at the University of Georgia School of Music, Associate Principal Second Violin of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, first violinist with the Louisville Orchestra, South Carolina president of the American String Teachers Association, and member of the national board of directors of the Conductors Guild. Joiner earned the Doctor of Music in Violin Performance from Florida State University as a student of Gerardo Ribeiro, the Masters of Church Music in Musicology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Furman University. He is a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina where he was drum major of the Rock Hill High School Bearcat Band!
Program Danse Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah...................................Camille Saint-Saens Star Wars Suite.......................................................................................................John Williams II. Princess Leia’s Theme
III. The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, IV movement............................................Antonin Dvorak
All-State 9th and 10th grade full Orchestra 9/10 Full Orchestra Thomas Joiner, Conductor
1st Violin Mayu Takeuchi Phoebe Liu
Viola Oconee County High School
Doyoung Jeong
Westminster School
Lucinda Gelber
Richard Lee
Northview High School
HoJung Kim
Johns Creek High School
Richard Cho
Alpharetta High School
Passacaglia Mason Kylie Dickinson Lily West Serena Gao Rachel McClellan Maya Kang Hongbum Kim Kevin Kerner Eunice Choi Monica Chang Sarah Chen
Woodward Academy McIntosh High School Home School Lambert High School Home School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School McIntosh High School Brookwood High School North Gwinnett High School The Paideia School
Nao Kamitani
Lakeside High School - Evans
Julia Sellman
Home School
Janet Huang
Johns Creek High School
Seo Young Yoo
Lassiter High School
Naomi Fan
Walton High School
Ikjoon Shin
Bradwell Institute
2nd Violin Julia Lu Jenny Choi Julia Su Erin Cho Zoe Lo Brianna Hou
Northview High School Walton High School The Walker School Wheeler High School Walton High School Norcross High School
Yueci Chen
Mount Pisgah Christian School
Daniel Kim
Johns Creek High School
Louisa Shepherd Nina Youn Melody Bearden Yuna Lee Sylvia Tang Hsin Ling Chen Brian Kang
Home School Mill Creek High School Home School Chattahoochee High School Northview High School River Ridge High School Chamblee High School
Rebecca Xiong
Brookwood High School
Ruby Lee
Brookwood High School
Angela Cheng
Johns Creek High School
Patti Tao
Savannah Country Day School
Michelle Cho
Alpharetta High School
Ashley Kim
Northview High School
Christine Chang
Dunwoody High School
Annabelle Spoto YuJin Kwak Clara Smallwood
Yein Chae Duluth High School Grady High School Mill Creek High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Milton High School
Jason Chang
Northview High School
Alan Ko
Alpharetta High School
Jameson Wall Grace Zhou Jun Kang Chris Wang Jenae Hemminger Ashley Ahn Elise Arancio
Sarah Williams
Bassoon Derek Rizzi
Wheeler High School
James Wang
McIntosh High School
Clarinet McIntosh High School
Walton High School
Jefferson High School
Peachtree Ridge High School Norcross High School Home School Westminster School Lakeside High School - Atlanta McIntosh High School
Cello Decatur High School
Bass Clarinet Nathan Murzello
Kyung Jun Lee Caitlin Petros Richard Stinson
Savannah Smith
River Ridge High School
Hillgrove High School
Wesley Rains
Eastside High School
Johns Creek High School
Joseph Clarke
Clarke Central High School
Trombone Hans Kang
Northview High School Walton High School
Yuheon Lee
McIntosh High School
Adam Wang
Alpharetta High School Peachtree Ridge High School Chattahoochee High School
Claire Lee
North Gwinnett High School
Amy Park
North Gwinnett High School
Brandon Chung Matthew Shu Claire Chen
Cambridge High School The Paideia School River Ridge High School
Bass Blake Hilley
Walton High School
Matthew Jung
Northview High School
Daniel Barket
Alpharetta High School
Angela Leeper Eric Shute Anthony Compton Hollie Greenwood Jesse Perry
Lassiter High School
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Lambert High School
Harrison Zhu
Milton High School
Josh Vollbracht
Brian Song
Phillip Kim
Lambert High School
Horn
Columbus High School
Daniel Cho
North Gwinnett High School
Trumpet
Ian Becerra Jennifer Ahn
Walton High School Chamblee High School
Caleb Rucker
Chamblee High School
Jane Lee
Nick Bernard
Alisha Zamore
Emma Axelson
Joseph Brown
Oboe
Decatur High School
Caroline Cameron
Aria Posner
Johns Creek High School
Ola High School Chamblee High School Woodward Academy Roswell High School McIntosh High School
Flute Ruby Yoo
North Gwinnett High School
Elise Park
North Gwinnett High School
Jillian Andrews Zach MucCullough
Parkview High School River Ridge High School Forsyth Central High School
Tuba Joshua Williams
Tri-Cities High School
Timpani Reilly McLean
Kell High School
Percussion Jenny Capriola
Decatur High School
Avery Brown
Lambert High School
Ethan Dupier Nichols Alfred
Pope High School North Gwinnett High School
All-State 11th and 12th grade String Orchestra Kevin Noe, Conductor Lori Gomez, Organizer
Kevin Noe is Director of Orchestras and head of the graduate orchestral conducting program at Michigan State University. A passionate supporter and promoter of composers, creators, and the arts of our time, he is also the Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME), and has commissioned and premiered over sixty new works so far. Having a strong background in the theatre, he has a particular interest in works employing a variety of art forms and serves regularly as conductor, stage director, actor, and filmmaker for a variety of mixed-media, operatic, and theatrical productions. During his tenure with the PNME, attendance at performances has grown 500%, and the troupe was invited to give an eighteen performance run of a new work entitle “Just Out of Reach” at the festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland. Noe, with artistic companion Kieren MacMillan, co-created, directed, and played the role of Sisyphus in the newly commissioned, evening length, multi-media work. A dedicated conducting teacher, Mr. Noe’s students have so far gone on to hold posts with professional and university orchestras around the country including the MIT Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the University of Pennsylvania, the Houston Symphony, the University of Houston, Opera in the Ozarks, and the Orchestre National de France, and they have been accepted into prestigious conducting programs including the Aspen Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the National Conducting Institute. Mr. Noe has held conducting posts at the University of Texas at Austin, The Pittsburgh Opera Center, The National Repertory Orchestra, and Duquesne University, and has been a regular guest conductor at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University conducting opera, ballet, and symphonic programs. He completed his graduate studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas where he received the prestigious Sally Shepherd Perkins Prize in Music and he was the recipient of the Maurice Abravanel Fellowship as a conductor at the Tanglewood Festival. Mr. Noe’s principal conducting teacher was Larry Rachleff.
Program Simple Symphony............................................................................................Benjamin Britten
I. Boisterous Bourree II. Playful Pizzicato III. Sentimental Sarabande VI. Frolicsome Finale
Fantasia on a Theme................................................................................R. Vaughn-Williams by Thomas Tallis (for double–stringed Orchestra)
11/12 String Orchestra Kevin Noe, Conductor
All-State 11 and 12 grade String Orchestra th
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1st Violin Maya Eashwaran Paul Shao
Leena Park Milton High School
Viola
Lassiter High School
Tony Zeng
Suk Joon Na
Duluth High School
Chang Xu
Trevor Chun
Alpharetta High School
Sitara Mysore
Alpharetta High School
Arvind Ramaswami
Chattahoochee High School
Justin Chu
Alpharetta High School
Sarah Yang
Northview High School
Daniel Kim
North Gwinnett High School
Uchenna Chukwukere Rosemary Hill
Savannah Arts Academy Hillgrove High School
Lucy Liu
Mount Pisgah Christian School
Sasha Popov
Mount Pisgah Christian School
Caroline Wittschen
Centennial High School
Andrew Zhang
Centennial High School
Alice Zhang Aska Hughes Eddy Chiao Conrad Venizelos
Walton High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Walton High School
Mount Pisgah Christian School
Meghan O'Keefe
Hillgrove High School
Vaibhav Vasudevan
Chamblee High School
Jason Chen Joe Luo
Johns Creek High School Duluth High School
2nd Violin Eujin Jang
Walton High School
Andrew Peck
Walton High School
Grace Lee Matthew McDowell Sophia Foppa Gabriella Davis Rachel Lee Whit FitzGerald
Grayson High School Home School Walton High School Roswell High School Peachtree Ridge High School Pace Academy
Ian Maurer
Chamblee High School
Jenna Flohr
Lassiter High School
Natalie King
Home School
Sarena Tseng
Chattahoochee High School
Alec Reinhardt
Lakeside High School - Atlanta
Yebin Chae
Johns Creek High School
Angelina Suwoto
Brookwood High School
Bonnie Sun Christopher Sun
Roswell High School Alpharetta High School
Esther Kim
Johns Creek High School
Jeena Park
Peachtree Ridge High School
David Gomez
Calhoun High School
Tim Zhang
Tallulah Falls School
Peachtree Ridge High School
Brian Cabigon Carmen Zegura
Brookwood High School Parkview High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology DeKalb School of the Arts
Marianne Richter
McIntosh High School
Nivedita Minjur
Lambert High School
Jennifer Zou
Northview High School
Jiaxing Liu
McIntosh High School
Andres Malave
Westminster School
Cameron Chong
Cambridge High School
Christopher Kim
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Philip Mantchev Amy Liu Caroline Stehr Samhitha Cinthala Yeon Joo Yoo
Alpharetta High School Walton High School Parkview High School
Northview High School Peachtree Ridge High School
Cello Hayeon Cho
Wheeler High School
Sarah Tsai
Walton High School
Justin Hedderman
Lassiter High School
Thomas Maggiola
Roswell High School
Benjamin Rau
The Lovett School
Adam Piendel
Wheeler High School
Nicole Sim Clarisa Colton Stephen Wu Colin Gregoire Se Hyun Jang Isabela Pavkov Dongjoo Yu Jenna Shin
Northview High School Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Chattahoochee High School Roswell High School Northview High School Lakeside High School - Atlanta Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology North Gwinnett High School
Joseph Aucoin
Northview High School
Jason Li
Centennial High School
Bass Travis Lorenz
Ola High School
Emily Wilson
Davidson Fine Arts
Thomas Fennell Ryan Kontos Elliot Elder Akiel Etienne Malcolm Crowder Max Heeden
Chamblee High School Whitewater High School Roswell High School Union Grove High School Hillgrove High School Lakeside High School - Atlanta
All-State 11th and 12th grade Full Orchestra Robert Gillespie, Conductor Carolyn Landreau, Organizer Todd Manson, Percussion Coordinator
Robert Gillespie, violinist and professor of music, is responsible for string teacher training at The Ohio State University, which has one of the largest and most extensive string pedagogy degree programs in the nation. Under Dr. Gillespie’s leadership, Ohio State University received the 2015 Institutional String Education Award as the premier string education university in the country. Dr. Gillespie is a past national President of the American String Teachers Association. He is a frequent guest conductor of All-State, region, and festival orchestras. Dr. Gillespie has appeared in 47 states, Canada, and throughout Europe. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, the leading string instrument teaching series in the country with sales of over eight million copies. Also he is co-author of the college text Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building A Successful School Orchestra Program, the String Clinics to Go DVD series, and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts for GIA publications. He received the Distinguished Scholar award for 2002-2003 in the School of Music at Ohio State University. In summers, Gillespie directs the OSU String Teacher Workshop, the largest string/orchestra teacher-training workshop in the country. In Columbus, he conducts the Columbus Symphony Chamber Strings Orchestra and a performing violinist in the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra. During the 2015-2016 academic year, Gillespie is giving string pedagogy and research presentations, and conducting orchestra performances in Texas, Indiana, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, and internationally in Manila, Philippines, and Rome, Italy.
Program Festive Overture.......................................................................................Dimitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 4................................................................................Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky 2. Andantino in modo di canzona
4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
Capriccio Espagnole....................................................................Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov 1. Alborado
2. Variazioni 3. Alborado 4. Scena e canto Gitano 5. Fandango Asturiano
All-State 11th and 12th grade full Orchestra 11/12 Full Orchestra Kevin Noe, Conductor
1st Violin Malhar Kute
Viola Chamblee High School
Erin Pitts
Flute Chamblee High School
Eugene Ahn
Lambert High School
James Kang
Collins Hill High School
Jennifer Wei
Savannah Arts Academy
Michael Lee
North Gwinnett High School
North Gwinnett High School
Kevin Zhang
Lesley Chang Judy Li
Northview High School
Tim Hood
Amy Zhang
Johns Creek High School
Andrew Fu
Alpharetta High School
Richard Pei
Sarah Li
Alpharetta High School
David Liu
Kyle Qian
Centennial High School
Vivian Cheng
Johns Creek High School
Annie Su
Johns Creek High School
Andrew Li George Pan Aomeng Cui Audrey Butler Lina Kim Wilbert Liu Catherine Cook Christine Liu Joanna Sellman Ian Jones
Alpharetta High School Johns Creek High School Chamblee High School Home School Peachtree Ridge High School Lambert High School Allatoona High School Westminster School Home School Lassiter High School
2nd Violin Julie Kim
Walton High School
Tracy Du
Johns Creek High School
Alex Yang
Johns Creek High School
Jasmine Liu
Northview High School
Alice Lin
Northview High School
Tricia Dang Richard (RJ) Gary Lauren Ha Abhi Nathan William Bontempo Jake Wong Kevin Wang Clara Kennedy Brandon Cho
North Gwinnett High School Cambridge High School Johns Creek High School Walton High School Mountain View High School Chattahoochee High School Walton High School Savannah Arts Academy Chattahoochee High School
Eric Wang
Northview High School
Joseph Pang
Northview High School
Xiaoyao Gao Samantha McClendon Steven Chiou Julia Koh Grace Oberst Abby Bartolick
Oconee County High School Walton High School Northview High School The Lovett School Walton High School Allatoona High School
Viola Emma DeJarnette
Brookwood High School
Jachai Wilmont
Kelsey Johnson Ariana Mao Irene Zhou Uzuki Kakinuma
Walton High School Mountain View High School Roswell High School Alpharetta High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Alpharetta High School Westminster School
Northview High School Grady High School
Rachel Anders Brennen Blotner Kathleen Len
Sydney Hancock Alexa Levy Gabriel Grant
Kalli Edwards
Fayette County High School
Katelyn West
Savannah Arts Academy
Clarinet
Northview High School
Alan Kim
Hannah Shute Louise Yu Nathan Wu Melina Le Yi-Chang Jeon Sirian Yi Joan Hong
Cedar Shoals High School McIntosh High School Chamblee High School
Zachary Flynn
Peachtree Ridge High School Walton High School McIntosh High School Northview High School North Gwinnett High School Lambert High School
Nicholas Henderson
Collins Hill High School
Aaron Hui Garrett Anderson
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Northview High School Northview High School Johns Creek High School
Bass Jan Sabacan
Milton High School
Nicole Mann
Cambridge High School
Cody Lavallee
Brookwood High School
Matthew Henson Carson Baker
Kennesaw Mountain High School Johns Creek High School
Bailey Bennett
Hillgrove High School
Gabriel English
Allatoona High School
Kevin Alford
Mill Creek High School
Harp Sara Hancock
Cameron Gwynn Zach Price
Collins Hill High School
Leonardo Tang
Jacob Germany
Northview High School
Tiffany Chen Albert Kim
Megha Desai
Pope High School Walton High School Alpharetta High School
Trumpet
Cello
Kevin Li
Camden County High School
Oconee County High School
Raymond Zhu
Jefferson Downs
The Paideia School
Hank Morris
Matthew Hodgetts
Angelina Choi
Mill Creek High School
Bassoon
Dunwoody High School Johns Creek High School
Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School
Oboe
Joy Hsieh Jennifer Ahn
McIntosh High School
Lassiter High School
Ahran Lee
Northview High School
Deja Goodman
Alpharetta High School
Milton High School Brookwood High School Milton High School North Forsyth High School
Horn Nicholas Fratto Joelle Hitechew Johanna Hoover Sophie Dines Dominic Aquila
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Whitewater High School
Oconee County High School Milton High School Jefferson High School
Trombone Jarrad Dickey
Lambert High School
Grace Pulliam
George Walton Academy
Bass Trombone Brevin White
Heritage High School - Ringgold
Tuba Yoni Zegeye
West Forsyth High School
Timpani Jacob Sherwin
Pope High School
Percussion Kmani Blyden Parth Kumar Chase Callaway Adam Warner Joshua Bearden
Allatoona High School Cambridge High School Milton High School Starr's Mill High School North Forsyth High School
All-State mIDDLE sCHOOL bAND Cheryl Floyd, Conductor Wendy Wilson, Organizer Todd Wilson, Percussion Coordinator
Cheryl Floyd is in her twenty-fourth year as Director of Bands at Hill Country Middle School in Austin, Texas. Prior to her tenure at Hill Country, she served as Director of Bands at Murchison Middle School, also in Austin, for eight years. Musical organizations under her leadership have consistently been sited for musical excellence at both local contests and national invitational festivals. Mrs. Floyd is recognized nationally for her educational and musical achievements at the middle school level. In 1990 her Murchison program was the recipient of the coveted Sudler Cup Award presented to exemplary middle school band programs by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The Hill Country Middle School Band has performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1998 and again in 2006 and most recently at Music For All’s National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis (March 2012) under Mrs. Floyd’s direction. The HCMS Symphonic Band will perform at the Western International Band Clinic this November 2015. Mrs. Floyd routinely serves as a conductor on the University of Texas at Austin band camp faculty and has been a member of summer music faculties at Arkansas Tech University, Baylor University, Texas Lutheran University Stephen F. Austin University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She enjoys an active schedule as an adjudicator, clinician, author and guest conductor throughout the United States, having served as one of the first women guest conductors of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. in September, 1998. In 2003, Mrs. Floyd was elected to the American Bandmasters’ Association. She is the fifth female member of this 225 member organization and the first middle school band director to be chosen for ABA membership. Over the past twenty plus years, she has maintained a keen interest in commissioning new works for concert band and has collaborated with such internationally recognized composers as Frank Ticheli, Cajun Folk Songs, Shenandoah, Bob Margolis, Renaissance Fair, Dana Wilson, Sang!, Ron Nelson, Courtly Airs and Dances, Steven Barton, Hill Country Flourishes, Chris Tucker, Twilight in the Wilderness. Catherine McMichael, Cape Breton Postcard, Undertow, by John Mackey and most recently, Spangled Heavens by Donald Grantham. The works generated by these ongoing projects have been acknowledged as being among the most significant works for young band. A 1980 graduate of Baylor University, Mrs. Floyd has also done graduate work at the University of Texas with Paula Crider, Robert Duke and Karl Kraber. Since 1985 she has served as co-principal flute with the Austin Symphonic Band and in this capacity has performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic on two occasions, the American Bandmasters Association in 1993 and before the Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association on numerous occasions. She is a member of ABA, TMEA, TBA, and Phi Beta Mu. Paramount in her life is her twenty-one year old son, Richard Weston, who is a 2012 Westlake High School graduate and a senior trombone performance major at the University of Texas.
Program Lightning Field..........................................................................................................John Mackey Brighton Beach....................................................................................................William Latham Tonadillas Suite.....................................................................Enrique Granados/Ralph Ford I. El tra la la y el punteado
II. La Maja Dolorosa III. El Majo Discreto
Tudor Sketches......................................................................................................William Owens I. Hampton Court
II. Good Queen Bess III. Hunting At Chobham
Zombie Tango......................................................................................................James Meredith Earth Song...................................................................................................................Frank Ticheli Diamond Tide.................................................................................................................Viet Cuong
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aLL-STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND All State Middle School Band Cheryl Floyd, Conductor
Flute Emily Kim Olivia Colburn Sydney Mance Iris Kim Jumi Park Harbin Hong Gretchen Kim Ben Brown Ivy Lee Kaitlyn Cramer Mina Koo
Bass Clarinet Hull Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School Woodward Academy Autrey Mill Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville Woodward Academy
Riverwatch Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville
Greater Atlanta Christian School South Central Middle School Hull Middle School
Oboe
Madisyn Jenkins John Mattson Audrey McGee Savannah Reynolds
Jimmy Kim Emma Smith Augustin Lorenzo Ray Guereca Matthew Kim Vincent Wu
Claire Halloran
Christopher Lee
Autrey Mill Middle School
Ashok Iyer
Hull Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School
Bassoon Will Murdoch
Ringgold Middle School
Kasey Park
Riverwatch Middle School
Neil Patram
Alton C. Crews Middle School
Clarinet Riverwatch Middle School
Justin Yi
South Forsyth Middle School
Shivum Lal
Sai Mettupalli Kaitlyn Baek Sun Moon
Blake Walker
Alton C. Crews Middle School
Stallings Island Middle School
Benjamin Stocksdale Wallace Conrath
Issac Combs Thomas Fulcher
Woodland Middle School - Euharlee Whitewater Middle School Jefferson Middle School
Irene Choi
Buford Middle School
Eric Lewe
Dickerson Middle School East Hall Middle School Temple Middle School
Mabry Middle School
Jonah Madaris
Heritage Middle School
Gavin Anchondo
Heritage Middle School
Gavino Tello
East Hall Middle School
Tuba Aaron Mullins
Peachtree Academy
Matthew Wade
Bear Creek Middle School - Fairburn
Henry Hofer
Greenbrier Middle School
Josiah Reeves
West Jackson Middle School
Aaron Rieck
Dickerson Middle School
Smokey Road Middle School
Will Paschal
Morgan County Middle School
Morgan County Middle School
Cole Johnson
Riverwatch Middle School
Godley Station School K-8
Jonah Schertz
Northwestern Middle School
Morgan County Middle School
Colby Brown
Stallings Island Middle School
Michael Roth
Arnall Middle School
Heritage Middle School
Ediz Eribac
Elkins Pointe Middle School
Savannah Van Buren
West Jackson Middle School
Miguel Hernandez Madison Smith Nathan Page Megan Zhang
St. Marys Middle School George Walton Academy South Central Middle School George Walton Academy Simpson Middle School River Trail Middle School
Trombone Austin Murray
Trickum Middle School
Flat Rock Middle School
Horn
Brody Lindsey
Morgan County Middle School
Ryan Baggott
Buford Middle School
George Walton Academy
Lee County Middle School West
Heritage Middle School
Josie Zachman
Flat Rock Middle School
Malcom Bridge Middle School
Jonathan Bartling
Northwestern Middle School
Camden Day
Nic Winters
Sutton Middle School
Flat Rock Middle School
Daniel Chapadeau
James Jutras Audrey Smith
River Trail Middle School Oconee County Middle School
North Forsyth Middle School
Trickum Middle School
Robert E. Lee Middle School
Natalie Hayes
Percussion
Duluth Middle School
Riverwatch Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School
Marti Wolf
Ola Middle School
Jordan Payne
South Forsyth Middle School
Notre Dame Academy
Shelby Norman
Mabry Middle School
Sarah Saylor
Lauren Kim
Merary Carrizales
Lakeside Middle School - Cumming
Pinckneyville Middle School
Dickerson Middle School
Mason Rzepkowski
Glenn C. Jones Middle School
West Jackson Middle School
Kibong Lee
Abigail Matthews
West Jackson Middle School
Garitt Wolter
Jefferson Middle School
Christopher Kim
Temple Middle School
Arnall Middle School
Sarah Slaby Brendan Weinbaum
Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts
Isaac Presberg
Taylor Rd. Middle School
Baritone
Josh Senker
Ramon Zamudio
Liberty Middle School - Cumming
James Suh
Ebenezer Middle School
Alton C. Crews Middle School
Kayla Natarus
West Jackson Middle School
Natalie Snelson
Whitewater Middle School
Alexander Hong
Buford Middle School
Elizabeth Sanders
Nathan Dickey
Rachel Holewinski
Jaden Skelton
North Forsyth Middle School
Eric Looney Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts
Fannin County Middle School
David Cain
Edward Huang
Glenn C. Jones Middle School
Ryan Li
Temple Middle School
Trumpet
Robin Yang
Celeste Pak
Ola Middle School
Baritone Sax
Annalise Rosati
Jonas Du
Paul Park
Twin Rivers Middle School
Tenor Sax Riverwatch Middle School
Alex Park
Woodland Middle School - Euharlee
Alto Sax
Hannah Lee Junnie Lee
Zachary Nelson
First Presbyterian Day School
Jameson Collins
Whitewater Middle School
Zach Gatewood
Effingham County Middle School
All-State mIDDLE sCHOOL bAND
Todd Stalter, Conductor Audrey Murphy, Organizer McKinley Stinson, Jr., Percussion Coordinator Composer-conductor Todd Stalter is currently the Director of Bands at Eureka High School in Eureka, IL, and serves as Chair of the Department of Fine Arts for CUSD #140. At Eureka, he directs all components of the high school band program in addition to teaching General Music grades K through 4, and 5th and 6th grade brass and percussion lessons and technique classes. Mr. Stalter’s concert bands have consistently earned Superior ratings at Illinois High School Association contests, and his marching bands have won the Illinois State University Class 1-A championship from 2000 – 2006 and 2008 – 2010, most recently performing his original suites for marching band “Red Shift,” “Geometries,” and “…in motion…” He was active as a church musician for nearly 30 years, serving as Principal Trumpet and arranger for the “Grace Brass” at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, IL, appearing on weekly television and radio broadcasts. As a guest conductor, Mr. Stalter has led the Delaware Jr. High All-State Band, the Rockford Wind Ensemble, the ACSI Honor Band, several ILMEA District Festival bands, and numerous local and regional high school and junior high ensembles. As a clinician, he regularly works with area and regional high school and junior high bands, and has presented at the Illinois State University State Summer Symposium. Compositions by Mr. Stalter have been performed by the Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet, at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and at prominent national and All-State concert festivals by university, school and community ensembles alike. His music has been performed abroad in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Greece, Germany, and Australia. Awards for Mr. Stalter’s music include five ASCAPlus awards, with seven of his works listed in Bandworld’s “Top 100.” Many of his works appear on state contest and festival lists throughout the United States, and are included in the renowned educational resource “Teaching Music through Performance in Band” series published by GIA. Todd Stalter received his Bachelor of Music Education (cum laude) and Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Illinois State University, where he studied trumpet with Richard Lehman (Solo Cornet of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) and Dr. James Buckner, and conducting with Dr. Stephen K. Steele. He has served as a conducting assistant for such luminaries as Robert W. Smith, Gary Green, Larry Gookin, Marguerite Wilder, Randy Vaughan, Cody Birdwell, and Richard Floyd at the Music for All Summer Symposium, and lives in Eureka with his wife Angie, son Evan, and Hershey, the family Aussie-Doodle.
Program Encanto.................................................................................................................Robert W. Smith Ruminations........................................................................................................Sean O’Loughlin The Cave You Fear......................................................................................Michael Markowski In Tantum Lux..............................................................................................................Todd Stalter Pathways......................................................................................................................Michael Oare
aLL-STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND All State Middle School Band Todd Stalter, Conductor
Flute
Bass Clarinet
Brooks Dokes
Ben Smith
Loganville Middle School
Eric Park
North Gwinnett Middle School
Samuel Seo
Johnny Fang
River Trail Middle School
Ethan Ranasinghe
Hightower Trail Middle School
Bailey Croker
Emily M. Kim
Hull Middle School
Christine Kim
Autrey Mill Middle School
Adrian Galbraith Erin Kim Felicia Wang Suhyeon Jeong Aanya Sawhney Lina Jung Rachel Lee
Temple Middle School Woodward Academy Wesleyan School Arnall Middle School Dodgen Middle School Davis Middle School Riverwatch Middle School
Oboe Chelsea Yuan
River Trail Middle School
Jessica Pan
Trickum Middle School
Nadia Cho
Riverwatch Middle School
Joshua Kim
Riverwatch Middle School
Bassoon Brendan Bassett Ethan Handley Daniel Catanese
Chamblee Middle School Whitewater Middle School Dodgen Middle School
Clarinet Henry Xuan
Riverwatch Middle School
Annie Pei
Riverwatch Middle School
Ray Li Hannah Shin Olivia Littlejohn Daniel Cho Sarah Her Melinda Gong
Trickum Middle School Riverwatch Middle School Coastal Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School River Trail Middle School River Trail Middle School
Jasmine Stratton Noah Hill
Richmond Hill Middle School Madras Middle School
Viviana Lu John King Tatianna Passmore Jake Tyler Josie Drake
Effingham County Middle School Dodgen Middle School Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts
Temple Middle School
Hopewell Middle School Swainsboro Middle School
Tenor Sax Pragya Ghanate Jacob Yim
Greater Atlanta Christian School Dickerson Middle School
Baritone Sax James Wickline
Mount Pisgah Christian School
Trumpet Tad Kim Anna Paulus
Riverwatch Middle School Northwestern Middle School
Albert Kang
Valdosta Middle School
Arnold Rose
Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts
Noah Duncan
Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville
North Gwinnett Middle School
Molly Fitzsimons
Mabry Middle School
Julie Cato
George Walton Academy
Emma Welch
Heritage Middle School
Hannah Hu
River Trail Middle School
Barton Sopata
Model Middle School
Cesar Hernandez
Liberty Middle School - Cumming
Victoria Burgess
Liberty Middle School - Cumming
Jong You
Glenn C. Jones Middle School
Daniel Lee
North Gwinnett Middle School
Rohit Arunachalam
North Gwinnett Middle School
Grace Taheri Kennedy Mays
High Meadows School Godley Station School K-8
Ana Carlon
South Central Middle School
Claire Deng
Vickery Creek Middle School
Brittani Gerkin
Dean Rusk Middle School
Dodgen Middle School
Dakota Youngs
Ringgold Middle School
Melissa Simmons
Heritage Middle School
Tuba Jacob Lee Cassey Adams Anthony Branch
Horn Brennan Bower
Piney Grove Middle School
Charles Dunn
Hightower Trail Middle School
Sarah Harding
Liberty Middle School - Cumming
Sydney Smallwood Sarah Hicks
Alton C. Crews Middle School South Forsyth Middle School
Reece Overholt
Flat Rock Middle School
Spencer Hodge
Flat Rock Middle School
Emily Smith
Trombone Kenji Trumble Caleb Land
Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Central Middle School - Carrollton Prince Avenue Christian School
Riverwatch Middle School Tapp Middle School Chamblee Middle School
Noah Pennington
Heritage Middle School
Daniel El-sayegh
Pinckneyville Middle School
Nick Hemrick
Central Middle School - Carrollton
Percussion
Ebenezer Middle School
North Gwinnett Middle School
George Walton Academy Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
Martin Carper
Mitchell Roussey
Lakeview Middle School
Jennifer Vavra
Patrick Sorah
Thomas County Middle School
River Trail Middle School
Hunter Mason
Jackee Gwynn
Meredith Hurst
Arnall Middle School
Cousins Middle School
Webb Bridge Middle School Pinckneyville Middle School
Clear Creek Middle School
Joseph Bickel
Taewoo Kang
Jason Mok
Dodgen Middle School
Eli Scornik
Dylan So
Joshua Underwood
George Walton Academy South Central Middle School
Baritone
Crisp County Middle School
James Chancellor
Katelyn Morgan
William Anger
Jarvis Williams
Glenn C. Jones Middle School
Evans Middle School - Evans
Jeremiah Timberlake
Crisp County Middle School
Colby Shaw
Jasmine Lee
Abby Brock Tucker Jones
Alto Sax Steven Boyles
Leonardo Prates
George Walton Academy Riverwatch Middle School
Jackson Merriam Grayson Light David Han
River Trail Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Jefferson Middle School Liberty Middle School - Cumming Dodgen Middle School Oconee County Middle School
All-State concert bAND
Alex Kaminsky, Conductor Rick Land, Organizer Michael Walker, Percussion Coordinator Alexander Kaminsky holds degrees from the University of Florida and Indiana University, and is active as an adjudicator and guest conductor/clinician throughout the southeastern United States. He is currently Director of Bands at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and most recently completed a highly successful tenure at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida. Bands under his direction consistently earn Superior ratings at all levels of evaluation. In addition to earning Superior ratings at the State Concert Band Assessment for an unprecedented 19 consecutive years, in 2009, Kaminsky became the only director in the history of the Florida Bandmasters Association to have three concert bands earn straight Superior ratings at State. Kaminsky’s bands have performed at prestigious state and national festivals and conferences including the Midwest Clinic (2005, 2009 and 2014), American Bandmasters Association National Convention (2014), CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference (2004 and 2014), FMEA State Conference (2014), National Concert Band Festival (2002 and 2012), and the National Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall (2009). Marching bands under Kaminsky’s direction consistently place in the Florida Marching Band State Championship Finals, winning Grand Champion awards at many FMBC Regionals and, most recently, two consecutive FMBC Class 4A State Championships (2013 and 2014). His bands have also performed abroad in France, Italy, and Monaco. Mr. Kaminsky is an eight-time recipient of the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence and has been recognized with numerous achievement awards for education including the Florida Bandmasters Association’s Oliver Hobbs Award, National Honor Roll’s Outstanding American Teacher, Nobel Educator of Distinction, Teacher of the Year, and is listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Kaminsky has been featured in several periodicals including The Instrumentalist, School Band & Orchestra Magazine’s “50 Directors Who Make A Difference” and Home Magazine’s “12 Exceptional Educators.” Mr. Kaminsky is an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association and the American School Band Directors’ Association. He is a National Board Certified Teacher, FBA Supervising Adjudicator, and has served on the FBA Executive Board as FBA District Chairman. Kaminsky currently serves on several state and national committees including the FBA Classification Committee, ABA Sousa/Ostwald Award Committee and the ABA School Bands Task Force. His professional affiliations include the National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, Florida Music Education Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, Phi Mu Alpha and Kappa Kappa Psi. In addition to his music education activities, Mr. Kaminsky is a deacon and Sunday School teacher and attends Parkridge Church where his family is actively involved in ministry.
Program Symphonic Fanfare...................................................................................................Camphouse Droylsden Wakes.............................................................................................................Stanhope North-South College All-Stars.....................................................................Fillmore/Foster A Jubilant Overture.................................................................................................................Reed
aLL-STATE concert BAND All State Concert Band Alex Kaminsky, Conductor
Flute Hilary Hsieh Claudia Wahoski
Bass Clarinet Brookwood High School
Busola Banjoh
Starr's Mill High School
Mitchell Bowen
Kipling Len
North Gwinnett High School
Cristy Youn
Duluth High School
Christy Song Abby Yang Grace Xu Helen Kim Don Cofrancesco Sujin Cho Leilani Schroeder Caleb Colburn
Heritage High School - Ringgold Wesleyan School Walton High School Johns Creek High School Cambridge High School Lambert High School Union County High School Alpharetta High School
Oboe Saffy Bashey
Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
Rachel Stiles
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Emily Costello
Cherokee High School
Makenzie Hill
Whitewater High School
Bassoon Joseph Olmsted Mina Yu
Collins Hill High School Oconee County High School
Logan McGrath
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Collin Hendley
Pierce County High School
Clarinet Daniel Park
Collins Hill High School
Vincent Fang
Johns Creek High School
Minoo Dixon
North Gwinnett High School
Grace Cantele
Richmond Hill High School
Andy Luo
Chattahoochee High School
Elizabeth Harwood
Lumpkin County High School
Justin Ahn
Lambert High School
Jessica Lao
Northview High School
Michael Tang
Alpharetta High School
May Hu
Northview High School
Francisco Vidales
Chattahoochee High School
Darin Lee
Lambert High School
Sung Lee
Mill Creek High School
Callie Christiansen
Northview High School
Simon Cheek
Kell High School
Melissa Rossi
Hillgrove High School
Kevin Oliver Jr.
Westlake High School
Kat Parler
Decatur High School
Soham Belapure
Walton High School
Kristen Towery Sophie Heit
Ringgold High School Milton High School
Chioma Ezumezu Wyatt Smith
Will Robinson Brookwood High School Pope High School Eagle's Landing High School Effingham County High School
Contra Clarinet Leslie Sullivan
Alex Jester Seong Kim Roger Callison Connor Quick Matthew McFadden
Whitewater High School
Jackson County Comprehensive High School Lakeside High School - Evans
Norcross High School Fayette County High School Hillgrove High School North Forsyth High School
Paul DiCicco
Davidson Fine Arts Creekview High School
Trumpet Keshav Anand Will Cardin
South Forsyth High School Pope High School
Paul Armitage
Northgate High School
Andrew Lang
Milton High School
Hunter Mills
Swainsboro High School
Emily Park
Decatur High School
Katherine Lang
Lambert High School
Devin Lentz
Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School
Jackson County Comprehensive High School
Greenbrier High School
Cooper Martin
First Presbyterian Day School
Bryant Silver
Lakeside High School - Evans
Alex Hassib Hannah Abraham
Tenor Sax Andrew Kilpatrick
Mark Nissen
Joel Ballard
Alto Sax Cole Nelson
Colin McMenomy
Jasper County High School
James Owen
Savannah Arts Academy Kell High School Heritage High School - Ringgold Effingham County High School
Bass Trombone Will Clark
Parkview High School
Baritone Seth Leigh
Cambridge High School
Winston Luo
Lambert High School
Lauren Brack
River Ridge High School
Evee Hunnel
Walton High School
Andrew Jeffers Noah Minch
South Effingham High School Hillgrove High School
Tuba Glen Johnson
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Errol Rhoden
Fayette County High School
Zack Hixon James Senker Isaiah Drane Kale Ward
Walton High School Parkview High School Albany High School New Manchester High School
Percussion
David Ryu
Northview High School
Robert Lloyd
Seth Cope
Ridgeland High School
Andrew Cerny
First Presbyterian Day School
McIntosh High School
Henry Wallace
DeKalb School of the Arts
Keba Simelane Will Evelyn Faith Dement
Oconee County High School Pickens High School
Rayvon Love
Warner Robins High School
Liam Shifflett
South Forsyth High School
Horn Laura Anne Beacham
Ola High School
Hannah Tates
Harris County High School
Caroline Odom
Richmond Hill High School
Lauren Mizell Molly Shannon Joshua Terpin
Lassiter High School West Forsyth High School Oconee County High School
Zack Kalet
Kell High School
Annie Feng
Northview High School
Trombone Evan Roussey
North Gwinnett High School
Vincent Tapia
George Walton Academy
Philip Williams
Creekside High School
Brant Yang Aidan Taylor James Kim Garrett Vaughn
Statesboro High School
North Gwinnett High School Pope High School North Oconee High School Ringgold High School
All-State concert bAND
John T. Madden, Conductor Blair Callaway, Organizer Travis Downs, Percussion Coordinator John T. Madden serves the Michigan State University College of Music as associate director of bands and associate professor of music. He is director of the Spartan Marching Band, and conductor of the MSU Symphony Band. Additionally, he teaches advanced instrumental conducting at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has previously taught courses on marching band techniques. He has served on the MSU faculty since the fall of 1989. Madden received the Dortha J. and John D. Withrow Award for Excellence in Teaching from the MSU College of Music in 2014. He was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association in March of 2008. Prior to coming to MSU, Madden served as associate director of bands in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He received his master of music education (MME) and master’s of wind conducting degrees (MM) from Wichita State University, where he served as graduate teaching assistant to the university bands. Madden is a 1985 graduate of the Michigan State University College of Music, where he received his bachelor of music education (BME) degree. His primary conducting teachers and influences include Stanley DeRusha, Richard Blatti, Eugene Corporan, Myles Mazur, and Jay Decker. Madden was chosen twice to participate in the “Rocky Mountain Retreat” for wind conductors, led by H. Robert Reynolds. Madden is active throughout the nation as a guest conductor and conducting clinician, and has conducted MSU ensembles at state, regional, and national conventions, conferences, and symposiums. In December of 2013, he served as a rehearsal lab clinician at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, and again in 2004, presenting a clinic session, entitled “From Carnegie Hall to the 50-yard Line: Approaching Concert and Marching Ensembles with the Same Vision.” Madden has presented similar clinics at both the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Athletic Bands Symposium as well as the Michigan Music Conference (MMC). In 2000, the MSU Symphony Band was selected to perform at the North Central Divisional Conference of the CBDNA in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In 2011, the MSU Symphony Band was chosen to perform at the MMC at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids. Madden is a member of the College Band Directors National Association and has served that organization as chair of the Athletic Bands Committee. He is a member of the Big Ten Band Directors Association, and is a former national vice-president for professional relations, and past north central district governor of Kappa Kappa Psi, the national honorary band service fraternity. He also holds honorary membership in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, Tau Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Golden Key Honor Society, and MSU’s Varsity “S” Alumni Club. As an adjudicator, he maintains numerous associations with judging organizations around the United States. He currently serves as the resident conductor of the Symphony Band at the New England Music Camp located in the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine. He has been involved in several professional recording projects as conductor, including the Brass Band of Battle Creek. Additionally, he has released more than 20 commercial recordings with the MSU Spartan Marching Band.
Program
Joyride................................................................................................................................Markowski Wings That Work...................................................................................................................Bryant Fortress.......................................................................................................................................Ticheli American Barndance.......................................................................................................Saucedo Red Covered Bridge.........................................................................................................Sheldon Americans We......................................................................................................................Fillmore
aLL-STATE concert BAND All State Concert Band John T. Madden, Conductor
Flute Andrew Ryu Sarah Zhang Christine Park Heeseo Han Ashley Kwon Ashley Kangas Renee Wang Jenn Kim Lydia Choe Allison Park Nicole Tayag Rilyn McKallip
Bass Clarinet Walton High School Johns Creek High School Lambert High School North Gwinnett High School Lambert High School Northgate High School Cambridge High School Lambert High School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School Veterans High School Mary Persons High School
Oboe Eric Pan Hannah Dickerson
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Telfair County High School McIntosh High School
Brian Compau
Brookwood High School
Michael Roman Ethan Clark
First Presbyterian Day School Marietta High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Parkview High School
Clarinet Esther Ro Katie Barnett
North Gwinnett High School Jefferson High School
Adam Liang
Westminster School
Sabin Kim
Walton High School
Jared Carbone Daniel Kang Victoria Tseng
Chattahoochee High School Cambridge High School South Effingham High School
Janie Pan
Milton High School
Colette Frickey
Walton High School
Ethan Metcalf
Alpharetta High School
Hope Cho
Westminster School
Roberto Ortiz
Dalton High School
Elaine Joo Zachary Webster Carmen Smith
East Coweta High School Westside High School - Macon Heritage High School - Ringgold
Daniel Kim
Richmond Hill High School
April Volzer
Gordon Central High School
Mitch Mullin
Brookwood High School
Ishaan Rischie Debbie Ku Nicholas Koenig
Minjae Lee Lauren Rodgers
Amy Guzman
Wheeler High School Chamblee High School Whitewater High School
Derek Hornberger
Fayette County High School
Atlanta International School
Andrew Campbell
Lassiter High School
Lambert High School Kennesaw Mountain High School
Noah Scott Mitchell Gacuzana
Andrew Stewart Christian Williamson Hayden Cutt
Rome High School
Alto Sax Sarah Jeffres
Pope High School Heritage High School - Ringgold Kell High School
Bohong Cheng
Hillgrove High School Norcross High School
Bass Trombone Patrick Reyman
Baritone
Jefferson High School
Alex Aull Anthony Black
Northview High School
Baritone Sax Lassiter High School
Trumpet Corey Williams
Chamblee High School
Ethan Tsaur
Northview High School
Connor Palacios
Ola High School
Trevor Lambert
South Forsyth High School
Caleb Tsai
Walton High School
Isaac Reiss
Ben Franklin Academy
Luke Yelton Ryan Schumann Andrew Hutcheson Anthony Perrotto Logan Bowers
Harlem High School Carrollton High School Swainsboro High School Greenbrier High School Johns Creek High School
Tim Aceto
Mill Creek High School
Matthew Harris
Carrollton High School
Kyle Cangelosi
Mill Creek High School
Lucas Kuan
Walton High School
Horn Zachary Potts
Mary Persons High School
Chad Kim
Lakeside High School - Evans
Kate Foral
Evans High School
Josh Wood
Lumpkin County High School
Ian Cornelius
Perry High School
Varun Patel
Whitewater High School
Katie Carter
Heritage High School - Ringgold
Emily Howell
Warner Robins High School
Trombone Christopher Shoffeitt
North Forsyth High School
South Effingham High School
Crews Owen
Alpharetta High School
Sanjeev Kumar
Ringgold High School
Tyler Quick
Anthony Elengickal
North Gwinnett High School
Carrollton High School
Parkview High School
Northview High School
Tenor Sax
Central High School - Carrollton
Riley Hinson
Joshua Jeon
David Yu
Druid Hills High School
Pope High School
Contra Clarinet
Lester Dewalt
Bassoon Hailey Hicks
Grant Bishko
Liam Franco
Brooke Owen
Aaron Lanning
Nick Tewell
William Housworth
Lambert High School
George Walton Academy Lassiter High School
Robert Franques
Charlton County High School
Nathan Mullins
Morgan County High School
Joseph Napolitano
North Gwinnett High School
Brandon Hardegree
North Cobb High School
Tuba Laurenz Oriondo Quentell Gipson Todd Perry Dorien Bruce Javon Sloman-Green Griffin Haarbauer
Kennesaw Mountain High School Shiloh High School Whitewater High School Albany High School Savannah Arts Academy Pope High School
Percussion Dale Smith Michael Dehan Jason Garrett John Thomas Rumble Eliza Craft Francis Kim Christian Kilgore
Pickens High School McIntosh High School East Coweta High School Lanier High School Decatur High School North Gwinnett High School North Oconee High School
All-State symphonic bAND
Steven D. Davis, Conductor Andy Poor, Organizer Josh Roberts, Percussion Coordinator
Steven D. Davis is director of bands and wind ensembles, professor of conducting, Conservatory large ensembles chair, opera conducting faculty, and conductor of the Conservatory Wind Symphony at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. He coordinates the graduate program in wind ensemble conducting and oversees all aspects of the UMKC band program. Davis is the founding director of the UMKC Wind Band Teaching Symposium, one of the country’s largest conducting workshops. He is conductor of the Youth Symphony of Kansas City’s Symphony Orchestra and newEar, Kansas City’s professional contemporary chamber ensemble. Davis has served as a conductor at the CBDNA National Convention, Midwest Clinic, MENC National Convention, and the Festival of New American Music. He has also conducted numerous summers at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp. As a committed advocate for music education, he has been a guest conductor and teacher at state conferences, and honor band and orchestra festivals in 37 states. He has appeared as a guest artist at the most significant conservatories in Bangkok and Chang Mai, Thailand; Lisbon, Portugal; and Beijing, China. Davis has been invited for residencies and conducting symposiums at major institutions such as the Eastman School of Music, Ithaca College, Michigan State University, University of Colorado, University of Georgia, and Florida State University, among others. Davis is fervently committed to performing new repertoire, and this commitment has been praised by prominent contemporary composers including Leslie Bassett, Robert Beaser, Chen Yi, Michael Colgrass, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Osvaldo Golijov, Stephen Hartke, David Lang, James Mobberley, Narong Prangcharoen, Bernard Rands, Paul Rudy, Steven Stucky, Frank Ticheli, and Zhou Long. He has received dedications for more than 30 commissioned works. Davis is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association and currently serves as the College Band Directors National Association Southwest Division president. At UMKC, he has been awarded the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Artistry and Scholarship Award. In 2014, Davis will lead the UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony as a featured ensemble at the Beijing Modern Music Festival and the Tianjin May Festival.
Program Washington Greys March...............................................................................Claudio Grafulla Aria di Chiesa.......................................................................................Stradella, ed. Fraschillo Star Wars Trilogy,.......................................................John Williams, Donald Hunsberger The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
Princess Leia’s Theme The Battle in the Forest Yoda’s Theme Star Wars (Main Theme)
aLL-STATE symphonic BAND All State Symphonic Band Steve Davis, Conductor
Flute Haiwen Gui Katie Reneslacis
Alpharetta High School South Forsyth High School
Michelle Liu
Northview High School
Emma Tsaur
Northview High School
Luana Oliveira
Savannah Arts Academy
Julie Tritt
Brookwood High School
Therese Espino
North Cobb High School
Sarah Haymans
Brunswick High School
Yuka Shinagawa
Chattahoochee High School
Mary Kathryn Newton
South Paulding High School
Min Ji Kim
Northview High School
Erin Coursey
Creekview High School
Oboe Mekhi Gladden Kesem Shaier Quentin Hansen Maria Longoria
North Springs High School Pope High School Jackson County Comprehensive High School Savannah Arts Academy
Bass Clarinet
Wesley Shores
Woodland High School - Cartersville
Andrew Barber
Callan Russell
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
Kevin Tao Sean Hunter
Chris Chung
Chattahoochee High School
Chloe Bragg
Camden County High School
Donovan Fain
Matt Anderson Ben Conte
Chattahoochee High School East Jackson Comprehensive High School Carrollton High School
John Harden
Newton High School
Zain Bashey
Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Hillgrove High School Savannah Arts Academy Houston County High School Milton High School
Cameron Watts
Norcross High School
Lauren Schmitz
Houston County High School
Ben Davies Yujin Kim Nicole Inaba Jacob Noh
Eastside High School Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Norcross High School Woodland High School - Cartersville Mill Creek High School
Taylor Carstens
Lassiter High School
Kelly Wheeler
Model High School
Jordan McCoy
Harrison High School
LaErica Smith
Eagle's Landing High School
Bass Clarinet Cameron Adams
Pope High School South Forsyth High School
Evan Goode
Decatur High School
Jake Sisavath
Duluth High School
Tenor Sax Zachary Musser Noah Miller
Greater Atlanta Christian School South Forsyth High School
Baritone Sax Zach Tyler
Heritage High School - Ringgold
Jason Dokes
George Walton Academy
Thomas Berar
Collins Hill High School
Steven Aceto
Clarinet
Kenny Harris
Fannin County High School
Fannin County High School
Jones County High School
Reid Waters
Bo Quintana
South Paulding High School
Will Panter
Warren Walker
Lassiter High School
Rachel Verrelli
Cheyanne Cowart
Whitewater High School
Austin Summy
Evan Parker
Davidson Fine Arts
Andrew Dallas
Steven Lukehart
Faith Kirkpatrick
Decatur High School
William Stephens
Alto Sax
Walton High School
Daniel Kuntz
Jiovanni Tuzzo
Contra Clarinet
Jackson Thompson
Jesse Norton
Lambert High School
Trumpet
Bassoon
Eric Wang
Brookwood High School
Jefferson High School
Tristan Travitz Nick Borkovich Asher Bell Riley Carson Noah Prince Brian Landers Abbey Warbington Zachary Griffin Christie Murphree Ciara Morse
McIntosh High School Eastside High School Mill Creek High School South Paulding High School Cambridge High School West Forsyth High School Lassiter High School Savannah Arts Academy Heritage High School - Conyers Pope High School Kennesaw Mountain High School Ringgold High School Newnan High School
Horn Joseph Wallace Virginia Hyde Sean Turner Sarah Willoughby Allison Sinatra Caroline Johnston Patrick Ring Cristina Rosello
Oconee County High School Kennesaw Mountain High School Lambert High School Woodland High School - Cartersville North Springs High School Chamblee High School Walton High School Hillgrove High School
Trombone Katie Kearney
Decatur High School
Rachel Cornell
Walton High School
Jeremy Cover Matt Knox Ian Azpiazu
Newton High School
Brookwood High School Pierce County High School South Effingham High School
Bass Trombone Trevor Hassell
Lassiter High School
Baritone Jared Graham
West Forsyth High School
Andrew Berry
Johns Creek High School
Blake Hyman
Cambridge High School
Kevin Flanagan Andrew Baumann
South Forsyth High School Woodland High School - Cartersville
Tuba Ernesto Moor
Norcross High School
Chris Lewis
Central High School - Carrollton
Austin Kim
South Forsyth High School
Kolyo Vanchev I'Endai Minor Austin Newland
Collins Hill High School Shiloh High School Whitewater High School
Percussion Raven Richard Nick Kayma Cortlandt Montross Parker Olson
North Gwinnett High School Lumpkin County High School Kell High School McIntosh High School
Brad Hagin
Winder-Barrow High School
Sydney Loverde
North Gwinnett High School
Susan Miller
Milton High School
All-State symphonic bAND
Richard Floyd, Conductor Myra Rhoden, Organizer Marcus Rayner, Percussion Coordinator Richard Floyd is presently in his 52nd year of active involvement as a conductor, music educator and administrator. He has enjoyed a distinguished and highly successful career at virtually every level of wind band performance from beginning band programs through high school and university wind ensembles as well as adult community bands. In 2014 Floyd retired as State Director of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where he coordinated all facets of secondary school music competition for some 3500 performing organizations throughout the state for 30 years. He now holds the title Texas State Director of Music Emeritus. He also serves as Musical Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphonic Band that is viewed to be one of the premier adult concert bands in America. In addition he maintains an active schedule as conductor, clinician, lecturer and mentor. Prior to his appointment at the University of Texas, Mr. Floyd served on the faculty at the University of South Florida as Professor of Conducting and at Baylor University in Texas where he held the position of Director of Bands for nine years. He began his career as band director at Richardson Junior High School and then become the first director of the award winning J.J. Pearce High School Band in the same city. He also served as Director of Fine Arts for that district for two years before moving to Baylor University in 1972. His musical achievements include performances at numerous state and national conventions and conferences including the 1977 College Band Directors National Association, the 1981 Music Educators National Conference and concerts at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 1989, 1997 and 2007. Other distinguished performances include concerts for the American Bandmasters Association in 1993 and 2006 and the 2004 Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington. Performances by his various ensembles have been heard throughout the United States, Australia and Europe. Mr. Floyd is a recognized authority on conducting, the art of wind band rehearsing, concert band repertoire, and music advocacy. As such, he has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe as a clinician, adjudicator and conductor including appearances in 43 American states and in 9 other countries. He is a frequent featured clinician for the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association and has presented four conducting and rehearsal technique clinics for the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2002 he was the single recipient of the prestigious A.A. Harding Award presented by the American School Band Directors Association in recognition of his significant and lasting contributions to the school band movement. The Texas Bandmasters Association named him Texas Bandmaster of the Year in 2006 and also recognized him with the TBA Lifetime Administrative Achievement Award in 2008. Most recently he received the Texas Music Educators Association Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame and Texas Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame in 2011. Also in 2011 he was awarded the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Medal of Honor for distinguished service and contributions to bands, orchestras and music education. In 2014 he was inducted into the National Band Association Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts considered to be the “academy award” for wind band conductors. The same year he was also honored with the Kappa Kappa Phi Distinguished Service to Music medal. Publications include co-authorship of Best Music For Beginning Band and contributing author for The Musician’s Walk by James Jordon and published by GIA. In addition his articles have appeared in numerous national and international publications. In 2006 he was featured on the GIA Produced DVD entitled Kindred Spirits from the series Conducting From The Inside Out. Other conductors included H. Robert Reynolds, Craig Kirchhoff and Allan McMurray. His most recent publication Essential Truths of Music and Music Making published by GIA publications will be released in the fall of 2015. During Mr. Floyd’s professional career he has held positions of leadership on many state and national committees for music education and wind music performance. He served as National Secretary of CBDNA from 1979 to 2007 and has played an active leadership role in the implementation of that organization’s many projects and services for over three decades. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Music For All, as a member of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Board of Directors, and is Chairman of the American Bandmasters Association Educational Projects Committee. Paramount in his life is his wife Cheryl, who enjoys her own distinguished career as one of the premier middle school directors in the nation, their son Weston who is pursuing his own musical journey and Dick’s daughter Chris and her extended family.
Program In This Broad Earth...............................................................................................Steven Bryant Avelynn’s Lullaby.......................................................................................................Joel Puckett Dancing on Water.....................................................................................................Frank Ticheli Firefly.............................................................................................................................Ryan George The Ringmaster March..........................................................................................John Mackey
aLL-STATE symphonic BAND All State Symphonic Band Richard Floyd, Conductor
Flute Nina Qin Vicki Lu Hannah Peterson Sean Chua
Bass Clarinet North Springs High School Norcross High School Oconee County High School South Forsyth High School
Celia Imhoff
Chattahoochee High School
Rebecca Xu
Johns Creek High School
Pavan Bharadwaj Ashley Marino Jocelyn Gao Ruth Bearden
Northview High School Pope High School Starr's Mill High School Home School
Erica Allen
Wayne County High School
Sally Chen
Lambert High School
Oboe Nathaniel Wolff
Decatur High School Brookwood High School
Alison Goddard
North Cobb High School
Christina Pacetti
Northgate High School
Bassoon Anthony Weaver Julia Kelly Eric Tam
Ringgold High School Fayette County High School Harrison High School Alpharetta High School
Clarinet Shannon Ke Rachel Duckett Yu-Jin Chang
Walton High School Ringgold High School North Gwinnett High School
Katherine Dukes
Habersham Central High School
Tylor Lee
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Seokjin Yoon Caitlin McOsker Megan Castaneda Pearce Kramer
Wheeler High School Ringgold High School Whitewater High School McIntosh High School
Blake Horde
Sprayberry High School
Brandi Ellis
South Paulding High School
Berek Ha Vitaliy Popovych
Greenbrier High School Heritage High School - Ringgold
Sofie Lehtikoski
Chattahoochee High School
Shane Schroeder
Jeff Davis High School
Ryan Milewski Timothy Xu Alley Knight Faith Cho Nicole Pierce Zoe Larrier
Phalon Alexander Neve Smith Devin Cowart
Milton High School Lassiter High School Central High School - Carrollton Westminster School Savannah Arts Academy Wheeler High School
Parkview High School New Manchester High School
Dillon Silva
Howard High School
William Talley Effingham County High School
Johns Creek High School
Charlie Ye
Cedar Shoals High School
Jonathan Paul
Wheeler High School
Jachike Ndubuisi
Marietta High School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School
Westminster School Mountain View High School
Baritone Sax Tito Tomei
Mill Creek High School
Trumpet Michael Barbour
Paulding County High School
Jordyn Mader
Dalton High School
Lisbeth Yanez
Mill Creek High School
Matthew Lindsey Grant Gerwit
Chamblee High School South Forsyth High School
Kiko Tomei
Mill Creek High School
Daniel Gelber
Alpharetta High School
Andrew Michael
Milton High School
Stephen Burden
North Forsyth High School
Brandon Waugh
South Forsyth High School
Michael Brown
Jones County High School
John Corbett Sara Cotton Joshua Kirks
Habersham Central High School Oconee County High School Allatoona High School
Horn Elyza Wylder
Woodward Academy
Akhil Vaidya
Johns Creek High School
Nicholas Smith DaMarcus Patterson Nicholas Shealy Michele Taylor Alex Merritt James Morton
Roswell High School Richmond Hill High School First Presbyterian Day School Woodward Academy Flowery Branch High School Effingham County High School
Trombone Andrew Taylor Micah Young
Nick Evans David Simiele Nathaniel Banton
Kell High School Heritage High School - Ringgold
Starr's Mill High School Oconee County High School Jefferson County High School Fayette County High School Elbert County High School Roswell High School Appling County High School
Bass Trombone Drew Thomas
Pope High School
Baritone Daniel Jordan Daniel Agramonte Harrison Stenson
Tenor Sax Zander Sugarman
Heritage High School - Ringgold
William Sanders Madison Graham
Seung Lee
Cyrus Faruque
Sean Kwak Davis Clark
Alto Sax
Joey Park
Heritage High School - Ringgold
Walton High School
Contra Clarinet
Jason Herrera
Kenny Bader
Christopher Beatty
Shelby Johnson
Matthew Paynter
Woodland High School - Cartersville Walton High School Ola High School
Tyler Wise
Ringgold High School
Max Grand
South Forsyth High School
Aaron Canty
Brunswick High School
Tuba Adam Murray Luke Bass
Lakeside High School - Evans Carrollton High School
Aaron Simon
North Oconee High School
Madison Arnt
Ringgold High School
Ragan McCoy
Mount Paran Christian School
Percussion Cameron Wilson Kunho Kim
Davidson Fine Arts Oconee County High School
JP Reinold
Collins Hill High School
Jim Graber
Mill Creek High School
Nicholas Franques
Charlton County High School
Michael Makrides
Milton High School
Ethan Nalwasky
Cambridge High School