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C L I N I C I A N S DR. MATTHEW ARAU

Dr. Matthew Arau, Founder, President, and CEO of Upbeat Global, is an Associate Professor of Music and the Chair of the Music Education Department and Associate Director of Bands at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin. In addition, Dr. Arau is on the graduate faculty of the American Band College of Central Washington University and VanderCook College of Music. He also serves as a Conn-Selmer Education Clinician and as Member-at-Large on the NAfME Council for Band Education. Dr. Arau has guest conducted and presented on student leadership, mindfulness, growth mindset, rehearsal techniques, and creating positive cultures in over 25 states and 4 continents in person. He has presented at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Western International Band Clinic, the NAfME National Conference, numerous State and Regional Music Education Association Conferences, and the Conn-Selmer Institute. He has conducted honor bands in Australia, Greece, Cyprus, and Malaysia, and All-State honor bands across the United States. Dr. Arau draws on a deep reservoir of fifteen years of experience as a successful middle school and high school band director in Loveland, Colorado, where he led his bands at Walt Clark Middle School and Loveland High School to numerous honor performances and championships and pioneered the Leadership Symposium. Discover more about Dr. Arau at www.upbeatglobal.com.

DR. ANDREA E. BROWN

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.

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VELVET BROWN

Velvet Brown is profoundly passionate about teaching and is a Distinguished Professor of Music at Penn State. She teaches applied tuba and euphonium and coordinates the brass chamber music program. Many of her students have obtained prestigious playing and teaching positions and were prizewinners at various regional, national, and international competitions.

Brown also serves as the associate director for equity, diversity and inclusion in the School of Music. Brown enjoys a career as professor, international soloist, chamber ensemble performer, recording artist, conductor, and orchestral player. She has performed and taught in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Finland, France, England, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, Japan, Cuba, Canada, and the United States. She is currently the principal tubist of the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra.

Brown was honored to be principal tuba with the Hope and Harmony Ensemble, which recorded a video of fanfares for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration conducted by Marin Alsop. She has served as principal tuba with the River City Brass Band, guest principal with the Lahti Philharmonic in Finland, the Detroit Symphony, and San Francisco Women’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and as substitute or additional tubist with the Saint Louis Symphony and Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Having performed and worked closely with jazz, commercial, and classical artists regarded as some of the most influential musicians of all time, including Howard Johnson, Bob Stewart, Marie Speziale, and Doc Severinsen, Brown felt inspired to explore new territories in her music career. As a consequence, influenced also by some personal experiences, she decided to explore in music how life events shape one’s creativity and thus started a veritable music renaissance, which involves soul-searching musical patterns and a more profound relationship with the audience. She is the co-founder of MOJATUBA: Tuba and Dance Fusion Project, and is in her 15th year as lead tuba with Howard Johnson’s “Gravity” Tuba Jazz Ensemble. Brown has been an invited solo artist or tuba solo artist adjudicator at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conferences since 1998.

She has also served as guest conductor for festivals in the United States in Maine, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, as well as abroad in Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Japan, and Canada. Brown is also honored to be a visiting artist at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to her tenure at Penn State, she taught at Bowling Green State University (Ohio), Ball State University (Indiana), and served as an associate director of university bands at Boston University. Brown has garnered high praise as a founding and current member of Stiletto Brass Quintet, Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble, the Quintet of Americas, and the Pennsylvania Brassworks. Moreover, she is also a founding board member of the International Women’s Brass Conference. Brown also serves as the artistic director of the Chromatic Brass Collective. She has released five solo CDs, and has collaborated on several other recordings as a soloist and ensemble member, such as Stiletto Brass Quintet featuring Doc Severinsen, trumpet, on one of her original compositions; “Testimony” (Howard Johnson and Gravity) as lead tuba; and a solo tuba jazz recording with the Cleveland Jazz Ensemble with Paul Ferguson, director. Her sixth solo CD recording will be released in spring 2021. Brown is a Buffet/Crampon Performing Artist, performing on the MW 2250 and 2182 F tubas, and the MW 2000 and MW 3450 CC tubas. She is also a performing artist for Denis Wick mouthpieces, mutes, and accessories.

THOMAS BURRITT

There are storied educators, and there are dynamic performers, and then there are those who are destined to be both.

Always in search of new music and new ways to share it with others, Thomas Burritt is today’s percussionist. He has received degrees from Ithaca College School of Music (BM – Education and Performance), Kent State University (MM), and Northwestern University (DMA). Active in the creation and performance of new music for percussion Burritt has built a reputation in chamber music, as a percussion soloist and a concert marimbist. He has performed regularly at the Leigh Howard Stevens International Marimba Seminar and was a featured faculty performer at the 2007 and 2009 Zeltsman Marimba Festival. In April 2004 Burritt performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as member of the Hammers and Sticks Ensemble. Later the same year the Hammers and Sticks Ensemble released a CD on the Innova label featuring works by Steven Mackey, Zhou Long, Alvin Singleton, Alex Shapiro, Joseph Harchanko and Belinda Reynolds. As Percussion Soloist Burritt has been active performing percussion concertos by Maki Ishii, Steve Mackey, Joseph Schwantner, Michael Dougherty, David Maslanka, John Mackey, and James MacMillan. Burritt has recorded for guitarist Eric Johnson and recording artist David Byrne. Burritt’s first solo CD recording: “All Times Identical - New American Music for Marimba” was released in November 2006. His 2nd solo marimba recording “Groundlines” is available in iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Rdio and Spotify. In August of 2015, Burritt released his latest recording via YouTube, featuring a video album of J. S. Bach’s 5th Cello Suite performed on the Marimba. In 2009 and 2016, Burritt performed on two Grammy nominated recordings: “Conspirare in Concert” and “Pablo Neruda: The Poet Sings”, both distributed world wide on the harmonia mundi label. In the spring of 2012, Burritt was cited as being one of “The most influential Music Professors on Twitter”. Follow @tburritt He is currently Professor of Percussion and Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is a clinician/endorser for Majestic Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, Innovative Percussion, Remo, Beetle Percussion and Grover Pro Percussion.

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C L I N I C I A N S DR. CHRISTOPHER M. CICCONI

Christopher M. Cicconi is Director of Bands and Orchestras and Assistant 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.

DR. EMILY HANNA CRANE

Dr. Emily Hanna Crane joined the faculty of Austin Peay State University in 2008 as Coordinator of the Orchestral Strings area where she teaches a variety of courses including applied violin and viola, chamber music, introduction to music, chamber music literature, string pedagogy, and string group instruction. Dedicated to promoting orchestral strings in the Clarksville area, Dr. Crane is the director of the APSU Honor Orchestra Festival, co-director of the APSU String Camp, and maintains a vibrant private studio through the Madison Street Music and Arts Academy. She is an active adjudicator, clinician, and sectional coach for summer festivals, honor orchestras, and conferences across the country. Many of Dr. Crane’s former and current collegiate and community students are performing free-lance musicians and private instructors in the middle Tennessee area. Dr. Crane earned the Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees in violin performance from Florida State University where she studied with Eliot Chapo, Gary Kosloski, and Karen Clarke. She earned the Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied with Richard Luby. Additional teachers also include Kenneth Goldsmith, Kevin Lawrence, and Mary Jane Kirkendol. An avid performer, Dr. Crane has performed in North America, Taiwan, and Europe and has been a featured concerto soloist with the Trevecca Symphony, Parthenon Chamber, Gateway Chamber, Valley Symphony, UTPA Chamber, and Tallahassee Youth Orchestras. Dr. Crane is one of the concertmasters of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, and can be heard on GCO’s 2nd commercial recording, Chamber Symphonies, which was released by Summit Records in May 2012. In addition to the GCO, Dr. Crane has served as concertmaster and associate concertmaster of the Valley (S. Tex.) and Tallahassee (Fla.) Symphony Orchestras, principal second violin of the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra (Tenn.), and has played in the violin sections of several orchestras including the Nashville (Tenn.), Jacksonville (Fla.), Paducah (Ky.), Laredo (Tex.), and Columbus (Ga.) Symphony Orchestras and the Nexus Chamber Orchestra (Tenn.). She has been a member of Tango Sur (traditional Argentinean music, Tallahassee) and Quartet alla Turca (first prize at the 2002 NUMUS Pan-American competition, Canada; 2001-02 Eppes Graduate Quartet, FSU). She has performed on numerous film and video game soundtracks as a studio musician as well as performed as a chamber musician on WPLN Nashville Public Radio’s Live in Studio C. Dedicated to promoting new works by living composers, Dr. Crane has premiered and recorded several works with her longtime duo partner, Dr. Hui-Ting Yang, including Metamorphoses II by Clifton Callender (commissioned by the Florida State Music Teachers Association and the Hanna-Yang Duo in 2009 and released by Parma Records in 2014) and Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (2004) by Ju-hwan Yu released by Kum-Seong Records in 2008. In 2013 she and Jeffrey Wood premiered Wood’s Sonata for violin and piano, a work dedicated to her. Dr. Crane is a member of the American String Teachers Association (Tennessee Chapter President 2015-2018), College Music Society (Board Member for Performance in the Southern College Music Society 2012-2014), Sigma Alpha Iota, and the National Association for Music Education.

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MICHELLE DAVIS

Michelle Davis has been a string orchestra educator for over 25 years in Illinois, Michigan and Missouri. She has taught strings/orchestra at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Currently, she is the conductor of the Liberty High School Orchestras in Liberty, Missouri. In addition, she teaches private lessons to aspiring violin and viola students.

Previously, she taught beginning strings and junior high orchestra in Oak Park, Illinois, and middle school orchestra in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She just finished a two-year tenure as Orchestra Vice President of the Missouri Music Educators’ Association. Michelle has been a guest conductor in school districts across the state, and has presented clinics at state and national conferences, including The Michigan Music Educators’ Conference and The American String Teachers’ National Conference. In 2008, she was Liberty Public School District’s “Teacher of the Year.” Michelle is a graduate of The University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in viola performance and a master’s degree in music education. She is a member of The Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and American String Teachers’ Association (ASTA). She lives with her husband, Steve Davis, and her awesome, yet stubborn dogs, “Thomas the Man,” and “Henri the Doodle.”

ROBBIN GORDON-CARTIER

Robbin Gordon-Cartier is a teacher in the East Orange School District where she directs the harp program that she originally created for the Elizabeth School District. She is President of the North Jersey Chapter of the American Harp Society and has served on the national level as 2nd Vice-President and Director at Large. Robbin continues to be a sought-after presenter of workshops across the country. Mrs. Gordon-Cartier maintains a private studio where she teaches students of all ages and regularly freelances in the New York metropolitan area. Performance credits include appearances at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City; the New Jersey Performing Arts Center; the Pablo Casals Music Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She has appeared on several television shows and recordings and at events honoring Lord Guinness, Cicely Tyson and Sir James Galway. Robbin is a Salvi Concert Artist and presented master classes and a concert at the French Ambassador’s residence in Bogota, Columbia for the Salvi Harp Foundation. Mrs. Gordon-Cartier has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education and a Master’s in Harp Performance from Montclair State University. As a young harpist, she spent summers in Dublin, Ireland studying at the Royal Irish Academy. She has been a recipient of numerous educational grants and awards. Robbin has received the NAACP Educator Award, the National Action Network Fannie Lou Hamer Award for outstanding contributions and active involvment in the community and most recently, the Center for Arts in Education at Boston Arts Academy, with the generous support of the Surdna Foundation has selected Robbin to receive a National Artist Teacher Fellowship. The project that won the Fellowship Award was a Mentorship with the Grammy nominated electric harp virtuoso Deborah Henson-Conant. Robbin is the inspiration for the book, “Robbin, The Girl Who Didn’t Want to Practice.” This Early Chapter Book by author, Dorothy W. Carey, is fiction based on Robbin’s childhood and answers one of the most frequent questions, “How did you get started playing the harp?” It is available on Amazon.com. Robbin’s CD, “Just as I am” is available on CD Baby, Amazon and Itunes.

MALIK HENRY

Malik Henry (trombone) is an Atlanta-based teacher and freelance musician. After completing a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in music from the University of Georgia and currently works at Temple High School as an assistant band director. In addition to performing with Misnomer, Malik also performs with Atlanta soulternative band All the Locals and Side Hustle Dance Band from Athens, GA. Malik’s musical influences include Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Trombone Shorty, Alabama Shakes, Gorillaz, and Childish Gambino.

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C L I N I C I A N S ROBERT T. HERRINGS III

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!

ANDREW HITZ

Andrew Hitz is an internationally renowned soloist, clinician and speaker having appeared in over 40 states and 30 countries including Japan, Brazil, Russia and Singapore. He is probably best known for the 14 years he was tuba player and co-owner of Boston Brass. Andrew has also performed with the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Kennedy Center Honors Orchestra, U.S. Army Field Band, U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, Dallas Brass, Alarm Will Sound, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lin Manuel Miranda, Renée Fleming, Trey Anastasio and as a soloist with the U.S. Army Blues and the Marine Band of Mexico. As an Educational Ambassador for Jupiter Band Instruments, Andrew appears all over the world as both a teacher and performer. He has presented at over 20 state music educator conferences and taught master classes at some of the finest music schools in the world including Juilliard, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore. Andrew has also spoken about the music business and entrepreneurship at many colleges and universities including Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon and the University of South Carolina, where he appeared as a thought leader specializing in marketing and social media at David Cutler’s The Savvy Musician In Action Retreat. Andrew hosts two podcasts through his latest venture, Pedal Note Media, a digital media company founded with former Boston Brass colleague Lance LaDuke. Pedal Note Media provides products and programs to educate, entertain and inspire music teachers, players and fans. “The Brass Junkies” is a podcast interviewing the best brass players in the world on everything from the serious to the ridiculous, just like the music business. Previous guests have included Joe Alessi, Carol Jantsch and Marty Hackleman. The other is “The Entrepreneurial Musician” which features interviews with some of the most successful people in the music business. Previous guests on TEM have included David Cutler of The Savvy Musician, Ranaan Meyer of Time for Three and Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician. Both podcasts are available through Apple Podcasts or streamable through the Pedal Note Media website. Andrew is also the author of “A Band Director’s Guide To Everything Tuba: A Collection of Interviews with the Experts” which features interviews with Sam Pilafian, Pat Sheridan, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser and others. The second volume, “A Band Director’s Guide to Everything Trombone: A Collection of Interviews with the Experts”, features interviews with Joe Alessi, Harry Watters, Ralph Sauer and others and is available now.

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MICHAEL ISADORE

As a conductor, Michael Isadore brings energetic, authentic, and musically moving performances of music from yesterday and today to the concert hall. Isadore currently serves as Associate Conductor with the Houston Civic Symphony and Philharmonia conductor of the Houston Youth Symphony. Isadore has also appeared as a frequent guest conductor with the Houston Sinfonietta and the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra. Isadore’s schedule also includes a myriad of other projects such as Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Mikado” and Handel’s “Messiah,” along with numerous grand choral and chamber music performances throughout the Houston area. A champion of contemporary music, Isadore has collaborated with composers, conducted premieres and exposed orchestras and audiences to the works of Michael Torke, Michael Daugherty, Libby Larsen, Ingrid Stolzel, David Heuser and John Mackey. Recently, Isadore brought local Rice University composer, Pierre Jalbert into a rehearsal to discuss and work with the orchestra on his work Autumn Rhapsody, allowing the ensemble to focus their performance on the composer’s motivation and inspiration of the composition. Feeling that contemporary music should not be relegated to professionals, Isadore is known to introduce contemporary composers and literature to young ensembles whenever the opportunity presents itself. Since work with young musicians has played an important part of his career, Isadore has developed a detailed rehearsal strategy and creative ways to spark imagination in order to communicate the most advanced musical concepts, which proves applicable to any level of musician.

Each year, he is invited to work with a variety of middle and high school students via a variety of clinics and conducting workshops. In 2010, Isadore received an award granted by the Houston Symphony for his commitment to Education and Artistic Excellence. Drawing on his experience as an orchestral clarinetist, Isadore combines the disciplines of player and conductor to draw out the talents and musical ideas of the orchestra, and therefore, fosters meaningful relationships with both the performing musicians and the audience.

DR. CYNTHIA JOHNSTON TURNER

Odds were against Cynthia Johnston Turner becoming a musician let alone a professor of music in higher education.

Born in a small rural town in Ontario, Canada, no one in her family played an instrument or sang, although there were rumors that her great paternal grandfather was a mean mandolinist. Cynthia asked for a piano for Christmas when she was 8 years old, and because it was all her parents could afford, she received a toy electric keyboard from which she was pretty much inseparable until she started the ukulele in grade school. When she picked up the clarinet and saxophone in middle school, a love affair and career were born. The first in her family to attend university, Cynthia received her B.Mus and B.Ed from Queen’s University then immediately left Canada to teach choral music, computers (in French), and physical education in Switzerland. Upon her return, she taught middle school and high school band before completing her Masters in Music Education and Conducting at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

Touring with her ensembles inspired her master’s thesis on the musical and personal transformations that occur on tours, and her D.M.A. thesis at the Eastman School of Music centered on the music of William Kraft, one of this generation’s leading composers. At Eastman, Cynthia was the recipient of the teaching award in conducting. She received the National Leadership in Education Award (Canada), the Excellence in Education Award (Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation), and the Marion Drysdale Leadership Award (also from OSSTF). She is also the recipient of the Donald A. Reick Memorial Award for research with wearable technologies and music pedagogy, grants from the UGA Willson Center for Creative Activities, multiple awards from the UGA career center, and the American Prize for innovative programming with wind bands. Currently, Cynthia is Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and co-Artistic Director of Rote Hund Muzik at the Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia. Turner conducts the Hodgson Wind Ensemble, leads the MM and DMA programs in conducting, and oversees the entire band program including the 400+ member Redcoat Marching Band. She is sponsored by Conn-Selmer. Cynthia continues to actively promote commissions by today’s leading and emerging composers around the world. While Director of Wind Ensembles at Cornell University, her ensemble was invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association’s Eastern Division Conference in 2007 and 2012, and the Hodgson Wind Ensemble performed at GMEA in 2015 and CBDNA National in Kansas City in 2017. In 2008, the Merrill Presidential Scholars at Cornell recognized Cynthia as an outstanding educator, and in 2009, she was awarded the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship. Her performances have been praised by such composers as Steven Stucky, William Kraft, Steven Bryant, Omar Thomas, Marc Mellits, Melinda Wagner, John Mackey, Peter Lane, Eddie Mora Bermudez, Dana Wilson, Roberto Sierra, and Karel Husa. From January 2006, Cynthia led the Cornell Wind Ensemble on biennial performing and service tours to Costa Rica that included performances across the country, conducting masterclasses with Costa Rican teachers, instrument master classes for Costa Rican musicians, and the donation of over 250 instruments to music schools across the country. She led the Hodgson Wind Ensemble to Panama in January 2016 to teach, perform, and donate instruments. Cynthia has guest conducted bands and orchestras at several universities and conservatories as well as state honor bands in the United States and abroad. Cynthia has been invited to present her research with teaching and technology, innovative rehearsal techniques, and service-learning and music performance at numerous conferences nationally and internationally. She is published in such journals as Interdisciplinary Humanities, International Journal of the Humanities, Music Educators Journal, NAfME “Teaching Music,” NewMusicUSA.org, Journal of the World Association of Bands and Ensembles, Fanfare Magazine, and Canadian Winds, and has recorded CDs with the Innova and Albany labels. Cynthia’s most recent research involves the intersection of wind ensemble music with hip-hop. Cynthia has served as a board member with WASBE and is an active member of CBDNA, Conductor’s Guild, College Music Society, Humanities Education and Research Association, the National Association for Music Education, the National Band Association, and the American Bandmasters Association. She currently serves on the board of the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) and faculty at WIBC University. She is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and a National Arts Associate member of Sigma Alpha Iota.

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C L I N I C I A N S HEATH JONES

Heath currently teaches Music Technology at McConnell Middle School in the Gwinnett County Public Schools system in Lawrenceville, GA. He began his career as a high school band director and after 15 years in high school, he transitioned to the middle school band room for 5 years while going through an unexpected, yet fulfilling transition to becoming a music technology teacher. After much trial and error, extensive time sifting through tutorials and user manuals, reaching out to find the elusive few existing and experienced music technology teachers and following his growing curiosity and enthusiasm for music technology, he created this website to help others new to teaching music technology avoid many of the headaches he experienced in developing a curriculum for his music technology classroom. As part of his development as a music tech teacher, he has been a part of working committees for the Gwinnett County Public Schools and the Georgia Department of Education in developing and revising performance standards and assessments both statewide and at the local level. He has served as the Lead Teacher for Music Technology and General Music for Middle Grades in the Gwinnett County Public Schools and has presented sessions at the NAfME and GMEA In-Service Conferences on topics of Music Technology Standards, Lesson Planning and Cross-Curricular activities to enhance learning for students. He is a certified Soundtrap Expert and Certified Soundtrap Educator as well as a Google Level 1 Certified Educator. Heath continues to be a passionate advocate for Music Technology as a vital part of a student’s music education options and continues to search out new resources and tools to improve instruction and create relevant and engaging activities for the Music Tech classroom.

ROGER KALIA

A dynamic and innovative presence both on and off the podium, Indian American conductor Roger Kalia is a respected collaborator with orchestras and artists alike, known for his eloquent and compelling interpretations, and for bringing a “fresh view to classical music.” Newly named Music Director of Indiana’s 87-year-old Evansville Philharmonic, he begins his tenure this fall 2020. Kalia also serves as Music Director of New Hampshire’s 97-year-old orchestra, Symphony NH (Symphony New Hampshire), and of California’s Orchestra Santa Monica. He co-founded and serves as Music Director of the celebrated Lake George Music Festival in upstate New York, which will now celebrate its ten-year anniversary in August 2021 due to Covid-19 (originally scheduled for August 2020). Kalia’s 2020-21 season focuses on his orchestras. With his newest post with the Evansville Philharmonic, Roger Kalia opens the 87th season, now titled “Visionaries: Re-imagined” (due to Covid-19) with a series of three live 45-minute concerts featuring pianist Sean Chen and the Philharmonic’s commissioned world premiere by American composer Paul Dooley in honor of both the Philharmonic and the city of Evansville. With Symphony NH, the spirit of diversity in the arts is celebrated with such works as the popular folk song Amazing Grace, to African-American composers Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst and Valerie Coleman’s Nonet for Winds and Strings, Duke Ellington’s Selections from The Nutcracker Suite and George Walker’s Lyric for Strings. This season also introduces a new online series entitled “Granite State Conversations with Roger Kalia.” This virtual bi-monthly series will feature Symphony NH musicians, New Hampshire artists and civic and business leaders in conversations with Maestro Kalia, discussing topics ranging from upcoming orchestra concerts, meaningful landmarks in New Hampshire, the culture landscape of the Granite State and more. With Orchestra Santa Monica, Kalia will introduce online events for the season. Recent highlights include two orchestra premieres with Symphony NH: American composer Chris Rogerson’s Luminosity and Jacobson / Aghaei’s Ascending Bird; and with Orchestra Santa Monica a collaboration with pianist / composer Murray Hidary in a unique, multi-sensory concert. Kalia led Pacific Symphony’s first-ever Dia de los Muertos concerts featuring a variety of groups from around the community. Guest engagements include debuts with Ohio’s Lima Symphony, and the Redlands Bowl Summer Festival in a streamed virtual concert with the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Indiana’s Evansville Philharmonic, the symphony orchestras of Bakersfield, Spokane and Wheeling, the Camarada Chamber Orchestra, and Poland’s Szczecin Philharmonic. Three guest conducting invitations have been postponed to a future date: a return to conduct Poland’s Szczecin Philharmonic in a subscription series concert, leading the Orange County Steinway Academy Rising Stars Piano Competition, and conducting the Redlands Bowl Young Artists Concerto Competition finalists at the Bowl (now postponed to 2021). Past season highlights include engagements with the National Symphony Orchestra at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Chicago Sinfonietta at Symphony Hall, the symphony orchestras of Long Beach, Adrian, Great Falls and Owensboro, and the Boise Philharmonic. With the Pacific Symphony and the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Kalia toured China. He led the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra in the Orange County, California premiere of Austin Wintory’s Journey Suite, the first-ever Grammy-nominated video game score. With the Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra, Kalia led a production of Stravinsky’s Historic du Soldat with actors Jack Black and Michael Lerner at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and gave the Los Angeles orchestral premiere of Michael Giacchino’s Star Trek Into Darkness. A versatile communicator, Kalia has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including singers Shayna Steele and Steve Lippia, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) duo MAKO, singer/songwriter Randy Newman, Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim, violinists Glenn Dicterow, Nikki and Timothy Chooi, and Sphinx Competition winner Annelle Gregory, percussionist Lisa Pegher, pianists Fei-Fei Dong and Misha Dichter, the B-52s, PROJECT Trio, the Brooklyn-based electronic Indie band Balún and visual artist and astronomer Dr. José Francisco Salgado. Equally at home with modern repertoire as he is with popular warhorses, Roger Kalia is a passionate advocate of contemporary music, and has commissioned and/or programmed numerous works by some of today’s most exciting living American composers, including Paul Dooley, Reena Esmail, Brendan Faegre, Missy Mazzoli, Narong Prangcharoen, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Jessica Meyer, Harry Stafylakis, Austin Wintory, T.J. Cole, Michael Daugherty, and Paul Chihara.

C L I N I C I A N S NAN KEMBERLING

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Nan Kemberling is a cellist on a mission. Whether she is performing a classical concerto, teaching in her studio, rocking out on a nightclub stage, or rapping about ergonomic cello technique, her efforts are always focused on two things: bringing people to the cello, and bringing cello to the people. Nan decided to take up the cello and join her school’s orchestra at ten years old after seeing a KGB sniper-cellist tangle with James Bond in the film The Living Daylights. She trained under cello guru Martha Gerschefski, was an Osher Scholar at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in cello performance. Since completing her education, Nan has gone on to perform in Brazil, Chile, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, China, and Taiwan, as well as across the U.S. She has played with popular artists including Johnny Mathis, Sarah McLachlan, Jennifer Hudson, Barry Manilow, Wynonna Judd, Bobby McFerrin, Donna Summer, and Gloria Estefan. Among her televised appearances are performances with Josh Groban on the Oprah Winfrey Show as one of “Oprah’s Favorite Things” and with Celtic Woman on their PBS special, Believe.

In 2009, she recorded the educational cello rap video “Always Room 4 Cello,” which has received over 70,000 views on YouTube. Between 2010 and 2014, she fronted the alt-rock band Pink Pompeii, with whom she wrote songs, sang, played cello, and recorded two albums. Pre-pandemic, Nan played in the pit orchestra for Broadway musicals at the Fox Theatre, led the cello section of the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and rocked out with her crossover cello quartet, Celli. With the cancellation or postponement of most of her performances, she has turned to recording in a spare bedroom at home, and released a solo album of her original songs in October 2020 followed by two holiday singles in December. In April 2021, she will release an EP and another full-length album (you can find them on any streaming service). When not recording, she teaches students young and old over Zoom at Little Tree Art Studios in Atlanta, and publishes her thoughts on cello performance and education along with her own original cartoons on her blog at nancello.com. Above all, she continues to dedicate every day to erasing the boundaries that have separated people from the joy and magic a cello can create.

RUTH KURTIS

Mrs. Kurtis is a thirty-six year veteran of public school teaching who received her B.M. degree from Western Michigan University and MME degree from the University of North Texas. Prior to retirement she taught for McKinney ISD in Texas where she led the orchestra team in growing the program from 72 students to over 500 students district-wide in only three years and at Jasper High School in Plano. She also has developed other programs for Escanaba, Michigan, and as cluster leader for twenty years at Berkner High School of Richardson, Texas, where her orchestras were recognized for their superior and mature musical performances at the regional, state and national levels, including selection as Honor Orchestra for the state of Texas.Ruth has earned many accolades including the RISE Teaching Award for Richardson ISD for innovation and creativity in the classroom, selected many times as Most Influential Teacher by her students, and as the 2009 Texas Orchestra Director of the Year. She has adjudicated and conducted in many state and national orchestra festivals, including the ASTA National Orchestra Festival. She is known for her passion in building quality programs in Richardson and McKinney, Texas and being a dynamo in the classroom. Her goal was to motivate each unique student towards excellence as a team; in making magical music and living out mutual respect for each other. It is a blessing to be invited as guest clinician, conductor, national presenter, adjudicator across the country, and realizing yet a new goal, helping teachers in the field.

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C L I N I C I A N S ARYC LANE

Mr. Aryc Lane is the Director of Orchestras and Fine Arts Department Chair at Reedy High School. He also holds the position of TMEA Region 24 Orchestra Division Chair and is currently serving on the board of directors in the Texas Orchestra Directors Association (TODA) as Secretary. ​Mr. Lane graduated from Illinois State University (ISU) with a Master of Music Education degree. His degree included an emphasis in cello performance under the guidance of Dr. Adriana Ransom and conducting studies with Dr. Glenn Block. Mr. Lane had the honor of being principal cellist in the ISU Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, and he also served as the cellist for the ISU Graduate String Quartet. As a freelance cellist in Illinois, Mr. Lane regularly performed with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Decatur-Millikin Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Cello Society. Mr. Lane also attended Baylor University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with his Bachelor of Music Education degree. While at Baylor, he studied cello with Dr. Gary Hardie. His principal music education studies were under the supervision of Dr. Michael Alexander, author of the Orchestral Expressions string literature. M ​ r Lane is a member of several professional music organizations, including TMEA, TODA, TMAA, and ASTA. Mr. Lane is an active arranger, cellist, guest clinician, and judge in the Dallas area and across the state of Texas. He is also an active yogi and travels the world whenever he can!

DR. TIM LAUTZENHEISER

Tim Lautzenheiser serves as Vice President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. His career spans ten years of college band directing at Northern Michigan University, the University of Missouri, and New Mexico State University. After serving as Executive Director of Bands of America, he created Attitude Concepts, Inc. to accommodate the many requests for student leadership workshops, convention speaking and professional development presentations for educators. Tim’s books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, are best-sellers in the music profession. He is also co-author of Hal Leonard’s popular band method, Essential Elements.

E. DANIEL LONG

E. Daniel Long retired after a forty-year career in public schools directing bands and orchestras in Nebraska and Michigan.

For 35 years, he was affiliated with the Ann Arbor Public Schools. He is the Founding Director of the School for Performing Arts-Ann Arbor Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Long has appeared as a conductor and clinician at the Midwest Clinic and at Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and American String Teachers Association (ASTA) national, state, and regional conferences. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University and served as president of the Michigan American String Teachers Association. Mr. Long is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Midwest Clinic Medal of Honor and the ASTA Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award. He was awarded the Michigan Band and Orchestra Association’s Teacher of the Year and the Michigan ASTA Teacher of the Year. He holds degrees from Chadron State College (Nebraska) and the University of Colorado. He received Chadron State College’s Distinguished Service Award and was inducted into the Chadron State College Music Hall of Fame. He has been a member of the editorial board for the Music Educator Journal and the American String Journal and has authored articles for The Instrumentalist, Music Educator Journal and American String Journal.

C L I N I C I A N S DR. REBECCA MACLEOD

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Dr. Rebecca MacLeod is Professor of Music Education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where she directs the string education program and conducts the UNCG Sinfonia. She is the author of Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom and is published in Journal of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, String Research Journal, Psychology of Music, The Strad, American String Teachers Journal, and various state music education journals. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research in Music Education, the String Research Journal, and as guest reviewer for the International Journal of Research in Music Education. She is the recipient of the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance Outstanding Teaching Award, the American String Teacher Association National Researcher Award, and the UNCG Junior Research Excellence Award.

A passionate advocate for increasing access to string education to all students, Dr. MacLeod directs two community partnership programs that provide string instruction to underserved students: the Lillian Rauch Beginning Strings Program and the Peck Alumni Leadership Program. Students of these programs have performed for Dr. Maya Angelou, Dr. Gloria Ladsen-Billings, and the Sphinx Virtuosi. Her research on working with underserved populations, vibrato technique, music teacher education, and music perception has been presented at the International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition (Thessoloniki, Greece), Music Research and Human Behavior International Conference (Barcelona, Spain), International Society for Music Education (Glasgow, Scotland), Music Educators National Conference, National Association for Music Education National Conference, American String Teachers National Conference, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Society for Music Teacher Education, and music educators state conferences. Prior to joining the UNCG faculty, she taught elementary, middle, and high school orchestra in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania and was orchestra director and chair of music activities in Beaver, Pennsylvania. She was the assistant artistic director and conductor of the Tallahassee Symphony Youth Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra in Tallahassee, Florida. She has served on the American String Teachers Association National Board and is past president of the North Carolina ASTA chapter. She was a guest lecturer at Xi’an University and Shaoguan University (China) in summer 2016 and 2017. Dr. MacLeod received her undergraduate degree from Duquesne University and her MME and PhD from Florida State University. She is a frequent guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States and abroad.

RICHARD MEYER

Richard Meyer is a highly sought after music educator and maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician. For 35 years he taught string students at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels in the public schools. For 22 of those years, he directed the orchestras at Oak Avenue Intermediate School in Temple City, California, growing the program from 29 string students to 200 and was in charge of the city’s elementary string program. In 2009, Mr. Meyer implemented the “Giving Bach” program at his school which has garnered national attention for its innovative ways of using interactive concerts to bring music into the lives of special needs and inner-city school students throughout Southern California. He was the music director of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra for 16 years, conducting them in performances in New York, Washington D.C., Vienna, Australia, and Canada. He has been a featured clinician at the A.S.T.A. National Conference, Texas Orchestra Directors’ Association Conference, Australia National Band and Orchestra Conference and string teachers’ workshops at Ohio State University and Birch Bay, Washington. He has also guest-conducted All-State and Honor Orchestras in several states and abroad. In addition to his teaching and conducting assignments, Mr. Meyer is a nationally-recognized, best-selling composer with over 200 compositions and arrangements in print, and for 16 years served as string editor for Alfred Publishing Company.

He is the co-author of several string method books, including the popular “String Explorer” Series and “Sight-read It for Strings”. He and his wife, Rose, live in Sierra Madre, California and have three daughters and three grandchildren.

JANET MORRIS

Janet’s Interlochen career began in 1986 as Intermediate Girls Director (1986-1990). She has served as an Arts Academy hall counselor (1986-87), worked in the Academic and College Counseling Office (1989) and Camp Admissions Office (1990). Formerly she worked with both Camp and Academy as a Senior Admission Counselor in the Office of Admission and Financial Aid (1990-2014) and currently has taken on the position of Senior Assistant Director & Partnership Coordinator working primarily with the Arts Camp. Originally from Ohio, Janet spent many years in YMCA camps as an Outdoor Education Instructor and Outdoor Leadership. She is also a member of the Interlochen Engagement Counsel and an Ambassador with the Family Campaign.

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C L I N I C I A N S KIRT MOSIER

Internationally known artist Kirt Mosier brings the unique perspective of being both a conductor and a composer. Mosier’s engaging personality and sense of humor spread joy to orchestras and audiences worldwide. He has conducted numerous performances with international orchestras at venues and locations which include New York’s Carnegie Hall, Reykjavik Iceland’s Harpa Hall, Vienna’s MuTH Concert Hall, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, Singapore, Jakarta, South Korea, Thailand and Australia’s famed Sydney Opera House. Mosier has twice won national composition awards with his 1993 work entitled “Baltic Dance” and his 2004 composition entitled “American Reel”. In 2010 Mr. Mosier was commissioned by the Portland Ballet Company of Portland, Maine to write an original score for their production of “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”. He has had many works featured at the Midwest International Clinic in Chicago and conducts there regularly. Kirt Mosier was recently awarded the Joanna Nichols Artist In Residence Grant by the Taipei American School and will be the Artist In Residence in Taipei beginning in 2020. He will live in Taiwan for the month of April each year. Currently, Mosier is the artistic director for the Youth Symphony of Kansas City and is also the associate conductor of the Lee’s Summit Symphony. He was an adjunct professor for the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory where he taught orchestration and he also had a distinguished career as Director of Orchestras with the Raytown and Lee’s Summit School Districts in Missouri. Mr. Mosier was the founding teacher of the Digital Media Technology program at Summit Technology Academy which is housed by the Lee’s Summit R7 School District. Digital Media Technology students learn studio multitrack recording as well as video editing software and techniques. Mr. Mosier’s students at Summit Technology Academy have won national recognition and many are in the professional industry today. Mr. Mosier is also sought after as a keynote and motivational speaker by school districts and various organizations throughout the United States.

SOON HEE NEWBOLD

Soon Hee Newbold began studying piano at age five and violin at age seven. She has won many prestigious competitions and has performed throughout the world in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Aspen, and Tanglewood.

She received her Bachelor of Music degree from James Madison University, where she studied film scoring, orchestration, and audio production. Upon graduation, Ms. Newbold began working as a professional musician, contractor, and stage manager.

She has written and arranged works for albums, recording projects, and various performing ensembles.

DR. SCOTT RAWLS

Violist Scott Rawls has appeared as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Europe. Recent chamber music endeavors include performances with Noah Bendix-Balgley, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Paul Rosenthal, Jinjoo Cho, Andres Diaz, and Sergey Antonov. With the Nikkanen/Rawls/Bailey string trio, he has played recent tours in Alaska, Washington, Arizona and Texas. His solo and chamber music recordings can be heard on the Centaur, CRI, Nonesuch, Capstone, and Philips labels. A strong proponent of new music, Rawls has premiered dozens of new works by prominent composers. Most notable, he has toured extensively as a member of Steve Reich and Musicians. As the violist in this ensemble, he performed the numerous premieres of Daniel Variations, The Cave and Three Tales by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot, videographer. And under the auspices of presenting organizations such as the Wiener Festwochen, Festival d’Automne a Paris, Holland Festival, Berlin Festival, Spoleto Festival USA and the Lincoln Center Festival, he has performed in major music centers around the world including London, Vienna, Rome, Milan, Tokyo, Prague, Amsterdam, Brussels, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Under the baton of maestro Dmitry Sitkovetsky, he plays principal viola in the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.

During the summer season, Rawls plays principal in the festival orchestra at Brevard Music Center where he also coordinates the viola program. He was also recently appointed principal viola of the Palm Beach Opera orchestra, David Stern artistic director.

Dr. Rawls currently serves as Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds a BM degree from Indiana University and a MM and DMA from State University of New York at Stony Brook. His major mentors include Abraham Skernick, Georges Janzer, John Graham and Julius Levine.

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COLONEL DON SCHOFIELD

Colonel Don Schofield is the commander and conductor of The United States Air Force Band. He is responsible for all activities of this 184-member squadron including equipping, training and deploying Airmen musicians to perform nearly 1,600 missions each year. Schofield recently completed command with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where he oversaw and directed more than 400 missions annually across Europe and Africa in a 104-nation area of responsibility. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Schofield received his bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Georgia, his master’s degree in music from Louisiana State University, and his doctoral degree from Boston University. Prior to receiving his commission at Officer Training School in 1997, Schofield was a public school band director for 6 years in Georgia. His previous commands include the United States Air Forces in Europe Band in Germany, the United States Air Force Academy Band at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, the Band of the Air Force Reserve at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and the Band of Mid-America at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Colonel Schofield also served as the Deputy Commander, 11th Operations Group and the Director of Operations for The United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. Schofield has conducted military bands, professional orchestras, and school honor bands throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, and Ukraine. He has led international performances with artists such as Kid Rock, Little Big Town, Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack, Chris Daughtry, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Lonestar, Wynonna Judd, Naomi Judd, Robin Meade, Amy Grant, Take 6, Diamond Rio, the Miracles, Lee Greenwood, Gary Morris, Brian McKnight, Gordon Goodwin, and Yuri Mynenko. As a result of his musical leadership during internationally broadcast productions at the Grand Ole Opry, Schofield was twice recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as a Top Four Finalist for a prestigious Emmy Award. Schofield’s leadership has been recognized by the U.S. Air Force by being named the United States Air Forces in Europe’s Public Affairs Communication Excellence Field Grade Officer of the Year, the United States Air Force Academy’s Public Affairs Field Grade Officer of the Year, the Air Force Reserve Command’s Public Affairs Field Grade Officer of the Year, Air Mobility Command’s Band Officer of the Year, and Air Force Materiel Command’s Band Officer of the Year. Under his command, the United States Air Forces in Europe Band was named the winner of the 2017 Brigadier General Dalton Award for the best Public Affairs Unit in the United States Air Force. Schofield’s contributions resulted in the United States Air Force Academy Band and the Band of Mid-America being awarded the Colonel George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for military concert bands.

PAUL SHARPE

Paul Sharpe is the Artist-Teacher of Double Bass at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and is active internationally as an orchestral and chamber musician and as a soloist. Recent performances and engagements have taken him all over the world, including performances and coaching at Villa Musica in Neuwid, Germany; recitals and masterclasses at Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno/Sterzing, Italy; in recital at the Paris Conservatory, the Institutes of Music in Curitiba and Porto Allegre in Brazil, the University of Iowa, Cleveland Institute of Music, World Bass Convention (Wroclaw, Poland), University of North Texas, University of Michigan, Interlochen Arts Academy, and two of Brazil’s International Double Bass Encounters in Pirenopolis, Brazil. Solo engagements with orchestra have included appearances with the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic, Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra de Camara Theatro Sao Pedro (Porto Allegre, Brazil), Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, and Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra, and Aspen Young Artists Orchestra. He has been a guest artist at MusicFest (Arizona), Garth Newel Music Center (Virginia), Orfeo (Vipiteno, Italy), Green Mountain Music Festival (Vermont), Pine Mountain Music Festival (Michigan), Anchorage Chamber Music Festival (Alaska), Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (AK), the Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy), and 20th Century Unlimited (Santa Fe, NM). As a student of Jeff Bradetich he received the B.M. degree in Performance from Northwestern University, and he earned the M.A. degree in Music from the University of Iowa studying with Diana Gannett. While in school he received fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, and the Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan). He has been a prizewinner at several solo competitions, including the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition in 1997, and winner of the Aspen Music Festival’s Double Bass Concerto Competition in 1996, and is a founding member of the bass quartet Bad Boys of Double Bass, all former prizewinners of the ISB International Solo Competition. He is also a member of the innovative cello-bass duo, “Low and Lower,” with cellist Brooks Whitehouse. In addition to his duties as professor at UNCSA he is Principal Bass of the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra and Piedmont Opera, and performs frequently in the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra. He served as Principal Bass of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra from 1996-2007, and performed frequently with the Fort Worth Symphony and San Antonio Symphony while living in Texas.

Before coming to UNCSA he held faculty positions at Texas Tech University, the University of North Texas, Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), and the Preucil School of Music (Iowa City, IA).

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C L I N I C I A N S ROBERT SPANO

Robert Spano, conductor, pianist, composer and teacher, is known worldwide for the intensity of his artistry and distinctive communicative abilities, creating a sense of inclusion and warmth among musicians and audiences that is unique among American orchestras. Beginning his 20th season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and his first as Principal Guest Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, this imaginative conductor is an approachable artist with the innate ability to share his enthusiasm for music. An avid mentor to rising artists, he is responsible for nurturing the careers of numerous celebrated composers, conductors, and performers. As Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 2011, he oversees the programming of more than 300 events and educational programs for 630 students and young performers. Highlights of Spano’s 2020/21 season include conducting engagements with the Fort Worth, Houston and New World Symphonies, in addition to multiple programs with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Spano’s 2019/20 season included a return to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducting the world premiere of George Tsontakis’s Violin Concerto No. 3 alongside Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony. He returned to the Indianapolis Symphony for a program of Higdon, Rodrigo and Sibelius, and led the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Dimitrios Skyllas’s Kyrie eleison, commissioned by the BBC. Conducting debuts included the Wroclaw Philharmonic. With the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, programs included Spano’s quintessentially rich, diverse pairings of contemporary works and cherished classics, welcoming seasoned guest artists and many new faces.

The orchestra’s 75th season featured numerous ASO premieres, including works by living American composers Krists Auznieks, Jessie Montgomery and Jennifer Higdon, and a world premiere by Brian Nabors. The season opened with Joshua Bell joining the ASO for Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Pablo de Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen. The 2018/19 season featured Spano’s highly-acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut, leading the US premiere of Marnie, the second opera by American composer Nico Muhly, with Isabel Leonard, Janis Kelly, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies and Christopher Maltman, and the conclusion of the ASO’s two-year “LB/LB” celebration commemorating Leonard Bernstein and Ludwig van Beethoven. This celebration featured six Bernstein works and nine Beethoven Symphonies, and vocal masterpieces including Verdi’s Otello, Beethoven’s Fidelio and Bernstein’s Candide. Recent concert highlights have included several world premiere performances including Voy a Dormir by Bryce Dessner at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor; the Tuba Concerto by Jennifer Higdon, performed by Craig Knox and the Pittsburgh Symphony; Melodia, For Piano and Orchestra, by Canadian composer Matthew Ricketts at the Aspen Music Festival; and Miserere by ASO bassist Michael Kurth. In addition to his leadership of the ASO, Spano recently returned to his early love of composing. His most recent works include Sonata: Four Elements for piano, premiered by Spano in August 2016 at the Aspen Music Festival, and a song cycle, Hölderlin-Lieder, for soprano Jessica Rivera. Both works were recorded on the ASO Media label and praised by Oberon’s Grove: “On this latest release, from ASO, we experience Spano as both an imaginative and evocative composer - with a special gift for writing for the voice - and a poetic pianist.” The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Spano’s commitment to American contemporary music. He has led ASO performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Ravinia, Ojai and Savannah Music Festivals. Guest engagements have included the Cleveland, Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, San Diego, Oregon, Utah and Kansas City Symphonies. Internationally, Maestro Spano has led the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Orquestra Sinfonica Estado Sao Paulo, the Melbourne Symphony in Australia and the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan. His opera performances include Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera productions of Wagner’s Ring cycles. With a discography of critically-acclaimed recordings for Telarc, Deutsche Grammophon and ASO Media, Robert Spano has garnered six Grammy™ Awards with the Atlanta Symphony. Spano is on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory and has received honorary doctorates from Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Emory University and Oberlin. Maestro Spano is one of two classical musicians inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and makes his home in Atlanta.

RANDALL STANDRIDGE

Randall Standridge (b.1976) received his Bachelor’s of Music Education from Arkansas State University. During this time, he studied composition with Dr. Tom O’Connor, before returning to Arkansas State University to earn his Master’s in Music Composition, studying with Dr. Tom O’Connor and Dr. Tim Crist. In 2001, he began his tenure as Director of Bands at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Arkansas. He left this post in 2013 to pursue a career as a full-time composer and marching arts designer.

Mr. Standridge is currently published by Grand Mesa Music, Alfred Music, FJH Music, Wingert-Jones Music, Band Works Publications, Twin Towers Music, and Northeastern Music Publications. Mr. Standridge’s music is performed internationally.

He has had numerous works selected to the J.W. Pepper’s editor’s choice. His compositions Snake Charmer, Gently Blows the Summer Wind, and Angelic Celebrations have been included in the “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band” series. He has had numerous works performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. His work Art(isms) was premiered by the Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble at the 2010 CBDNA conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and his work Stonewall: 1969 was premiered at the National LGBA conference in 2019. Mr. Standridge is also a contributing composer for Alfred Music’s Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development series. In addition to his career as a composer, Mr. Standridge is the owner and editor for Randall Standridge Music, LLC and Grand Mesa Marching. He is in demand as a drill designer, music arranger, and colorguard designer for the marching arts, as well as a freelance artist/photographer and writer. He lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas with his family.

C L I N I C I A N S THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND

The United States Air Force Band is the premier musical organization of the U.S. Air Force. The excellence demonstrated by the Band’s active-duty musicians reflects the excellence carried out by Airmen stationed around the globe. Each member is proud to represent all Airmen whose selfless service and sacrifices ensure the freedoms enjoyed by citizens of the United States of America. Since its formation in 1941, this world-class organization has inspired billions of listeners through its exhilarating music, engaging programs, and masterful recordings.

STANFORD THOMPSON

Stanford Thompson is a musician and educator who serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Play On Philly and Founding Board Chairman of El Sistema USA, bringing music education to students in underserved areas throughout Philadelphia and beyond. Recognized as a TED Fellow, Stanford believes that music education is a powerful tool for positive personal and community change. Mr. Thompson serves on the faculty of the Global Leaders Program and regularly presents at major universities and music conservatories about leadership, entrepreneurship and social justice. As a consultant, he has guided the development of dozens of music programs across the United States and collaborated with major orchestras, higher education institutions, and arts organizations to develop new strategies and initiatives that help provide equitable access to the arts. As a professional trumpeter, Stanford has performed as a soloist and member with major orchestras around the world and continues to perform chamber music and jazz. Stanford is a native of Atlanta, GA and holds degrees from The Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory’s Sistema Fellows Program.

DARCY VOGT WILLIAMS

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.”

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Mr. Jacob Weinstein is the Director of Bands at Temple High School. Mr. Weinstein is a Phi Beta Kappa recipient and a magna cum laude graduate of The University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Mr. Weinstein graduated high school from George Walton Academy in Monroe, GA and was a member of their nationally recognized band program for eight years while competing as a part of the national championship groups in 2008 and 2010. At The University of Georgia, Mr. Weinstein played french horn in the Hodgson Wind Ensemble for three and a half years. The Hodgson Wind Ensemble is UGA’s premier, internationally recognized wind band under the direction of Dr. Cynthia Johnston-Turner. During his time in the Hodgson Wind Ensemble Mr. Weinstein completed two national and one international tours. Mr. Weinstein also was a member for five years of the Redcoat Marching Band, where he played mellophone. He served for three years on the leadership team for the mellophone section as rank and section leader. Mr. Weinstein also has experience on trumpet as member of the UGA Jazz Band I. At UGA, Mr. Weinstein studied horn with Dr. Jean-Martin Williams and conducting with Dr. Jacquelyn Hartenberger, Dr. Dwight Satterwhite, and Dr. Brett Bawcum. His professional associations include the Georgia Music Educators Association, National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, and the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society. Mr. Weinstein is excited to bring a new level of energy, drive, and design to the Temple High School Bands and continue to provide an excellent environment for student success in music at Temple High School and in Carroll County.

PAUL YORK

Recently hailed by The New York Times for his “warm-toned” performance of Lutosławski’s Grave (Metamorphoses), cellist Paul York is an accomplished soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. He currently serves on the string faculty at the University of Louisville, where he maintains an active teaching and performing schedule. Recent solo appearances include performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in Nanjing, China and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Karel Husa’s Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra at New York’s Carnegie Hall. He has performed Aaron Jay Kernis’s Colored Field for Cello and Orchestra with the Louisville Orchestra, and Vivaldi’s Double Concerto in G Minor with internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Of his performance at Carnegie Hall, New York Concert Review said “The fiendishly difficult solo part was brilliantly played by cellist Paul York; one had to be in awe of his playing.” An avid chamber musician, Mr. York is a member of the York-Biran Duo and is a former member of the Louisville String Quartet. He was also a founding member of The Logsdon Chamber Ensemble, a Texas Commission of the Arts Touring ensemble as well as ensemble-in-residence at Hardin-Simmons University. He has performed recitals throughout Japan and has recently performed at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. As a champion of contemporary music, Mr. York has commissioned works for the cello by such composers as Stefan Freund, David Maslanka, Douglas Knehans, Jeremy Beck, Marc Satterwhite, Steve Rouse, Paul Brink, Rene Orth, and Frederick Speck. He also premiered the work Ballad for Solo Cello and Seven Cellos by Grawemeyer and Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Aaron Jay Kernis as well as Alfred Bartles’ new orchestration of Bartok’s First Rhapsody for cello with the Sewanee Festival Orchestra. Mr. York has participated in numerous summer festivals.

He is currently a member of the cello faculty at the Aria Summer International Academy and has been member of the artist faculty at the Beyond the Music Festival in Benasque, Spain, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains, and Accent 09 and 11 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He has served as principal cello with the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra and has held principal cello positions with numerous regional orchestras and has performed with the cello section of the Saint Louis Symphony. Mr. York received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and his master of music degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he studied with Ronald Leonard. Other teachers include Gabor Rejto, and Louis Potter. The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Mr. York was selected to participate in the prestigious Piatigorsky Seminar at the University of Southern California and has received Distinguished Faculty Awards in Teaching and Creative and Research work from the University of Louisville. Mr. York can be heard on the Ablaze, Arizona University Press, Centaur, innova, and CRS labels. His premiere recording of the Husa concerto and can be found on the Ablaze label, and his CD of solo works entitled Paul York: Soliloquy and his recording of the Lutoslawski Cello Concerto have recently been released to critical acclaim.

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For over 30 years Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience.

From exciting classical arrangements to burning jazz standards and the best of original brass repertoire, Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of entertainment that captivates all ages. The ensemble’s lively repartee, touched with humor and personality, bridges the ocean of classical formality to delight audiences with great music and boisterous fun. The philosophy of Boston Brass is to provide audiences with a wide selection of musical styles in unique arrangements while maintaining a friendly and fun atmosphere. The quintet plays to audiences at concert halls, educational institutions, and music festivals, and regularly collaborates with orchestras, concert and marching bands, organists, jazz bands, and a variety of other ensembles. The Boston Brass have been featured as educators and performers at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Music Educators National Conference events, American Bandmaster Association Conference, The American Band College, Western International Band Clinic, and at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention. They have performed in all 50 US states and 30 countries and have conducted masterclasses around the world including sessions and residencies at the Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of North Texas, Royal Academy of Music in London, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore, and Mahidol University in Bangkok. Their newest recording Simple Gifts features new and exciting classical and jazz arrangements. Latin Nights, features a collection of some of the greatest classical and jazz works by Latin composers and performers and features the legendary drummer Steve Gadd, the beautiful voice of Talita Real, plus percussion and guitar. Other albums include Ya Gotta Try, featuring music from Horace Silver, Chick Corea and Dizzy Gillespie, produced by legendary jazz recording genius Rudy van Gelder and Within Earshot, featuring classical works by Shostakovich, Ginastera, Dvorak, Liszt and others. Boston Brass has two holiday recordings, Christmas Bells are Swingin’, and The Stan Kenton Christmas Carols, featuring the Boston Brass All-Stars Big Band playing the truly phenomenal charts made popular by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Boston Brass tours a vibrant holiday show each year featuring many of the charts from these two albums, combined with a variety of quintet and combo selections which has established the show as a perennial audience favorite. 2011 marked the 25th Anniversary of Boston Brass and was celebrated with the 25 Fanfares Project, wherein 25 fanfares were premiered by composers from all over the country. Boston Brass also premiered a new major commission by noted wind ensemble composer Brian Balmages and new arrangements by former member and tuba player Sam Pilafian. Additionally, Boston Brass was very excited to have the opportunity to collaborate in the 2010/2011 season with the fabulous Imani Winds in a program entitled “Sketches of Spain,” featuring the music of Miles Davis and Gil Evans. In the 2012/2013 season the quintet began touring their “Notes from the Balcony” program with the Enso String Quartet featuring a program of music based on Romeo and Juliet. Boston Brass is a Yamaha Performing Group and performs exclusively on Yamaha instruments. With shared goals of musical excellence and educational outreach, Boston Brass and Yamaha endeavor to present concerts and masterclasses around the world, including a 2018 tour of major music conservatories in China.

CALLISTO QUARTET

Praised for their “intensity and bravado” and the “cohesion and intonation one might expect from an ensemble twice their age” (Third Coast Review), the Callisto Quartet brings together four dedicated and passionate musicians who share a love for chamber music and a true desire for excellence. Since their formation in 2016 at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the quartet has quickly garnered top prizes in nearly every major international chamber music competition and has been hailed by audiences across North America and Europe. Grand prize winners of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Callisto Quartet has also taken home prizes from the Bordeaux (2019), Melbourne (2018), and Wigmore Hall (2018) competitions. Currently serving as the Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, they also study with Günter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet at the prestigious Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain. The quartet has participated and performed in many renowned chamber music festivals such as the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Emilia Romagna Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the McGill International String Quartet Academy, the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, and the Robert Mann String Quartet Seminar. In 2018, at the invitation of Gerhard Schulz, they attended the Prussia Cove International Musicians Seminar where they also worked with Gidon Kremer and Thomas Adès.

As part of their prize from the Wigmore Hall Competition, the quartet received an invitation to the Jeunesses Musicales International Chamber Music Campus in Weikersheim, Germany where they worked with Heime Müller, Donald Weilerstein, and the Cuarteto Casals. Highlights of their recent performances include debuts in New York City and Chicago on the Schneider Concert Series and at Ravinia Festival, respectively, as well as at the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival.

They were also featured in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in July 2019 as Grand Prize winners of the 4th Manhattan International Music Competition Chamber Music Division. Notable collaborations include appearances with cellist David Geringas at the Cleveland Cello Society’s 20th anniversary concert as well as a collaboration with clarinetist Frank Cohen on the ChamberFest Cleveland Series. Over the past two seasons at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival they have collaborated with Paul Watkins, Lawrence Power, Gilles Vonsattel, and John Novacek.The Callisto Quartet is committed to continually broadening their musical horizons by drawing inspiration from a plethora of mentors and musical approaches. They also believe strongly in passing along their musical insights to younger students and sharing their music in their communities. To this end they have served as faculty and given masterclasses at numerous schools and festivals including the Bravo International Chamber Music Workshop, University of Central Florida, Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, the Greenville Fine Arts Center, and the CIM Preparatory Division. They frequently perform in schools, retirement homes, and other community centers, and are featured as ensemble in residence at the Carolina Music Museum in Greenville, SC.

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H2 QUARTET

The award-winning h2 quartet has been wowing audiences since 2002. h2 takes advantage of the great expressive capacity of their instrument by programming traditional, avant-garde, minimalist, and jazz-influenced works in surprising and compelling ways. h2 has performed throughout the United States, in Europe, the UK and in Asia. The ensemble has released five critically-acclaimed recordings: Generations, Times & Spaces, Groove Machine, Hard Line, and Enrapture. Each of these albums introduces audiences to a different side of the saxophone, with the latter three comfortably bridging the gap between the popular and avant-garde sides of American music. The h2 quartet has been featured on NPR and PBS programs, including the nationally-syndicated Backstage Pass. Along with demonstrating a mastery of traditional quartet repertoire, h2 is dedicated to the commissioning and performing of new works. The quartet has commissioned works by Drew Baker, Claudio Gabriele, Takuma Itoh, David MacDonald, Victor Marquez-Barrios, Roger Petersen, Forrest Pierce, David Rakowski, Jesse Ronneau, Bill Ryan, Matthew Schoendorff, Daniel Wohl, and has premiered works by John Mackey, Marc Mellits, Mari Takano, and Amy Williams. The h2 quartet has won prizes at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (First Prize, Gold Medals) and the North American Saxophone Alliance Saxophone Quartet Competition (first prize), among others. The group was also finalists in the Concert Artists Guild Competition, and earned Honorable Mentions at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the Chesapeake Bay Chamber Music Competition, and the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. h2 is also the recipient of several Aaron Copland Fund Grants. The h2 quartet is a Vandoren and Yamaha Artist Ensemble.

THE MOXIE STRINGS

Hailed by The Grand Rapids Press as “top-notch, instrumental wizardry,” The Moxie Strings offer listeners the unique opportunity to experience some of the world’s best- known instruments through an electric, innovative lens. Diana Ladio and Alison Lynn hold Bachelor of Music degrees in music performance and music education, which have given each the technical foundation to explore the limits of her instrument and helped the group build a reputation for musical excellence. Alison performs on a newly-invented, electric cello, and Diana on a contemporary 5-string violin. Both use a variety of audio effects pedals. The Moxie Strings compose the majority of their pieces and arrange melodies from many countries, resulting in a genre-blurring blend of ear-catching, mainstream melodies and foot-stomping, rock-influenced rhythms. The band’s polished, high-energy show continues to redefine strings’ role in contemporary music, and offers audience members a diverse, fun, musical experience.

The two often join forces with dynamic percussionists to create an even livelier sound for larger venues. Soon after forming in 2007, The Moxie Strings were inspired not only to perform, but also to teach. Having made the exploratory journey from classical music to a world of eclecticism and music creativity, the band has now dedicated their careers to helping young musicians make this life-changing and transformative transition. Moxie clinics focus on musical self-discovery and the importance of incorporating socially and culturally relevant genres of music in the music classroom. They have taught clinics in over 200 schools throughout the US, and also present on their research and methodologies to teachers at many music education professional development conferences. During most clinics, The Moxie Strings perform for students on electric instruments, teach music by ear, and introduce non-classical playing styles. The group has researched and created an innovative sequence of activities designed to introduce improvisation to classically trained musicians, which they employ at every clinic. The Moxie Strings deliver their message in a fun, accessible way, and stand before students as the illustration of the many opportunities that music holds.

SQWONK

The San Francisco-based Sqwonk bass clarinet duo is a dynamic and adventurous ensemble that “pushes the envelope of what bass clarinet music can be” (Clarinet Magazine). Sqwonk is devoted to exploring the full expressive range of the bass clarinet, from deep resonances to raucous wails. While grounded in the classical tradition, Sqwonk’s music draws on a wide range of influences, from klezmer to heavy metal to blues to minimalism to free improvisation, creating a repertoire that is strikingly contemporary, yet broadly accessible to a wide audience. Sqwonk has been hailed for its “extraordinary…deftness and dynamic range,” (San Diego News) and its “perfect production of complicated interwoven lines, acrobatic leaps, and sensitive lyricism in difficult registers” (Clarinet Magazine). Sqwonk’s playing has been described as “…technically strong and very tight” (New Music Box) and “literally danceable” (Lucid Culture). Sqwonk has created an entirely new repertoire of bass clarinet duos from scratch, and has released three CDs featuring newly commissioned works by some of America’s most exciting up-and-coming composers. Sqwonk recently released its third album, Sqwonk+, which features Sqwonk in collaboration with six of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most inventive chamber ensembles. Sqwonk has given performances throughout the San Francisco Bay Area at a wide variety of venues and events, ranging from CalPerformances at Zellerbach Hall, to the Switchboard Music Festival, to Café du Nord. Sqwonk has also performed around the country at venues such as The Stone in New York, Sushi’s Outsound Series in San Diego, the Bang on a Can Summer Institute in North Adams, MA, and the 2010 ClarinetFest in Austin, TX. Sqwonk was one of the featured soloists at ClarinetFest 2012 (Lincoln NE), performing Jonathan Russell’s Bass Clarinet Double Concerto. Also passionate about education and outreach, Sqwonk has led numerous workshops and master-classes at schools, conservatories, and universities around the country. Sqwonk has received grants from the Northern California Composers Commissioning Program, the American Composers’ Forum’s Subito program, the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

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Fri, April 16th, 2021 | 1:25 PM | General

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Orchestra

Robert Spano Congratulation Video

Conductor Session 11/12 String Orchestra (Isadore)

Robert Spano

Michael Alan Isadore

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 1:30 PM | General

Keynote Address High School Students Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Orchestra

Conductor Session 11/12 Full Orchestra (Kalia) Roger Kalia

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 2:15 PM | General

Keynote Address Middle School Students Dr. Matthew Arau

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Band

Conductor Session Middle School Band (Herrings) Robert T. Herrings, III

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Orchestra

Conductor Session Middle School Orchestra (Davis) Michelle Davis

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Band

Conductor Session Middle School Band (Vogt Williams) Darcy Vogt Williams

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Orchestra

Conductor Session Middle School Orchestra (Kurtis) Ruth Kurtis

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Band

Conductor Session Concert Band 1 (Brown) Andrea E. Brown

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Orchestra

Conductor Session 9/10 String Orchestra (Long) E Daniel Long

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Band

Conductor Session Concert Band 2 (Cicconi) Dr. Christopher M. Cicconi

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Orchestra

Conductor Session 9/10 Full Orchestra (MacLeod) Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod

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Conductor Session Symphonic Band 1 (Johnston Turner)

Conductor Session 9/10 String Orchestra (Long)

Cynthia Johnston Turner

E Daniel Long

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM | Band

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Orchestra

Conductor Session Symphonic Band 2 (Schofield) Colonel Don Schofield

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 4:30 PM | Orchestra

Juilliard Admissions Session Fri, April 16, 2021 | 4:30 PM | Orchestra

Conductor Session 9/10 Full Orchestra (MacLeod) Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Orchestra

Conductor Session 11/12 String Orchestra (Isadore) Michael Alan Isadore

Leadership in the Orchestra Aryc Lane

Fri, April 16, 2021 | 4:30 PM | Band

Master Classes by Section with members of The USAF Band The United States Air Force Band

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Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Orchestra

Conductor Session 11/12 Full Orchestra (Kalia) Roger Kalia

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Band

Conductor Session Middle School Band (Herrings) Robert T. Herrings, III

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Orchestra

Conductor Session Middle School Orchestra (Davis) Michelle Davis

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Band

Conductor Session Middle School Band (Vogt Williams) Darcy Vogt Williams

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Orchestra

Conductor Session Middle School Orchestra (Kurtis) Ruth Kurtis

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Conductor Session Concert Band 1 (Brown)

Composer’s Corner with Randall Standridge

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Band

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 10:15 AM | Band

Conductor Session Concert Band 2 (Cicconi)

Interlochen - Summer Camp & Conservatory Talk

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Band

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Conductor Session Symphonic Band 1 (Johnston Turner)

Heath Jones

Andrea E. Brown

Dr. Christopher M. Cicconi

Randall Standridge

Janet Morris

Music Tech Fun with Heath Jones

Cynthia Johnston Turner

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Conductor Session Symphonic Band 2 (Schofield)

Curtis Institute of Music Admissions Session

Colonel Don Schofield

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 1:00 PM | Orchestra

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 10:15 AM | Orchestra

Performance Anxiety with Nan Kemberling

Robbin Gordon-Cartier (Harp)

Nan Kemberling

Robbin Gordon-Cartier

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 10:15 AM | Orchestra

Composer’s Corner with Richard Meyer (Rec. for MS) Richard Meyer

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 10:15 AM | Orchestra

Composer’s Corner with Kirt Mosier (Rec. for HS) Kirt Mosier

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 1:00 PM | Orchestra

Composer’s Corner with Soon Hee Newbold Soon Hee Newbold

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 1:00 PM | Band

Keep it Simple-Keep it Real Velvet Brow

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Percussion Fun with Tom Burritt

The Entrepreneurial Practice Room

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 1:00 PM | General

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 3:30 PM | General

Thomas Burritt

Stanford Thompson

H2 Quartet Performance

The Moxie Strings Performance

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 2:15 PM | Orchestra

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 4:00 PM | General

Violin Masterclass with Emily Hanna Crane

Boston Brass Performance

Emily Hanna Crane

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 4:00 PM | General

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 2:15 PM | Orchestra

Sqwonk Performance

Viola Masterclass with Scott Rawls Scott Rawls

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 4:45 PM | General

Callisto Quartet Performance Sat, April 17, 2021 | 2:15 PM | Orchestra

Cello Masterclass with Paul York Paul York

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 2:15 PM | Orchestra

Bass Masterclass with Paul Sharpe Paul Sharpe

Sat, April 17, 2021 | 2:15 PM | Band

College Band Q&A

Jacob Weinstein & Malik Henry Sat, April 17, 2021 | 2:15 PM | Band

Yes, YOU can make a living as a musician!

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G M E A E X E C U T I V E C OM M I T T E E , DIVISION CHAIRS, DISTRICT CHAIRS, S TAT E O R GA N I Z E R S , D I S T R I C T O R GA N I Z E R S A N D H O S T S , A N D A L L BAND AND ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS F R OM A R O U N D T H E S TAT E .

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ORGANIZER: WENDY WILSON

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Lauren You (South Forsyth Middle School) Phoebe Pylant (David T. Howard Middle School) Men-Jen Wu (David T. Howard Middle School) Tommy Weng (The Westminster Schools) Ellie Ahn (Wesleyan School) Hannah Jung (Buford Middle School) Jenifer Dunn (Prince Avenue Christian School) Isabella Boyko (Chattanooga Valley Middle School) Katie Knight (Otwell Middle School) Rebekah Chun (Mabry Middle School) Yun Xin Lin (Riverwatch Middle School)

OBOE

Benjamin Hyunmyung Lee (Autrey Mill Middle School) Alice Rope (Renfroe Middle School) Liz Somerlot (Simpson Middle School) Subeen Lee (River Trail Middle School)

BASSOON

Siri Manekar (River Trail Middle School) Keifer State (J. C. Booth Middle School) Daniel Thai (Strong Rock Christian School)

CLARINET

Xuanyi Zhang (South Forsyth Middle School) Aaron Chong (North Gwinnett Middle School) Cedric Yang (Richmond Hill Middle School) Hanze Zhang (River Trail Middle School) Garry Li (Alton C. Crews Middle School) Seojin Park (Autrey Mill Middle School) Kailyn Chang (South Forsyth Middle School) Emily Tran (Trickum Middle School) Laura Hanson (Renfroe Middle School) Ethan Zhou (The Westminster Schools) Joshua Noh (Riverwatch Middle School) Bruno Okada (Richmond Hill Middle School) Kavya Iyer (South Forsyth Middle School) Zachary Kusumo (Riverwatch Middle School) Zhengyao Liew (Riverwatch Middle School) Kevin Lu (Riverwatch Middle School) F. Emory D’Arcangelo (Langston Chapel Middle School) Joyce Hwang (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Isabella Singh (Awtrey Middle School) Eliza Taylor (Hopewell Middle School) Esha Patel (Greater Atlanta Christian School) Soeun Im (River Trail Middle School) Ally Long (Cass Middle School) Nathaniel Anteneh (Trickum Middle School)

BASS CLARINET

Shrivas Bhaskar (Riverwatch Middle School) Gargi Surange (Lakeside Middle School) Juhwan Bae (Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy)

CONTRA CLARINET

Cooper Griner (Morgan County Middle School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Cyrus Mokhberi (Webb Bridge Middle School) Katherine Ferrell (Lovinggood Middle School) Mackenzie Oliver (West Jackson Middle School) Julian Armand (Lovinggood Middle School) Juho Lee (South Forsyth Middle School) Siyu Mao (River Trail Middle School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Everest Li (Dodgen Middle School) Myles Fogg (General Ray Davis Middle School) Lyndsay McCall (Prince Avenue Christian School)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Anderson Fuhrer (Northwestern Middle School)

TRUMPET

Abigail Crafton (South Effingham Middle School) Steven Li (Hightower Trail Middle School) Owen Boyette (Little Mill Middle School) Gene Yun (Riverwatch Middle School) John Ensley (Ebenezer Middle School) Harrison Morgan (Woodward Academy) Analise Butryn (Malcom Bridge Middle School) Charlie Suggs (Youth Middle School) Roger Wang (South Forsyth Middle School) Sean Lee (Riverwatch Middle School) Oswaldo De Jesus (Otwell Middle School) Luis Franco (Otwell Middle School) David Park (North Gwinnett Middle School) Cole Yarborough (Morgan County Middle School) Amalia Andrade (Renfroe Middle School) Michael Cho (Autrey Mill Middle School)

FRENCH HORN

Brock Brush (Jefferson Middle School) Brandon Duracher (Buford Middle School) Daniel Alford (Simpson Middle School) Caleb Pope (Perry Middle School) Ava Defilipo (Renfroe Middle School) Ben Whaley (Malcom Bridge Middle School) Aeddon Sresthadatta (Bay Springs Middle School) Quinton Hallen (Buford Middle School)

TROMBONE

Grayson McHugh (Richmond Hill Middle School) Ugo Nwakanma (Hopewell Middle School) Annice Stephen (Riverwatch Middle School) Reese Scott (Savannah Christian Preparatory School) Riley Morris (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Landon Layman (Palmer Middle School) Ethan Chun (South Forsyth Middle School) Jacqueline Kim (Riverwatch Middle School) Andrew Sorah (Jefferson Middle School) Tarun Devi (Taylor Rd. Middle School)

BARITONE

Rushil Kaza (Riverwatch Middle School) Jack Grogan (Pinckneyville Middle School) Brandon Yoo (Riverwatch Middle School) Titus Pummer (Lee Middle School)

TUBA

Campbell Tunney (Charles Ellis Montessori Academy) Isaac Osei (George Walton Academy) Hogan Neiswender (Riverwatch Middle School) Nathan Spruell (Autrey Mill Middle School) Carter Bennett (J. C. Booth Middle School) Mia Copeland (Morgan County Middle School) Kaiden Luong (Barber Middle School)

PERCUSSION

Harrison Buck (Morgan County Middle School) Matthew Her (Buford Middle School) Eve Gordon (The Westminster Schools) Arjun Madichetty (South Forsyth Middle School) Blake Aspinwall (Glynn Middle School) Christian Enderle (Northwestern Middle School) Molly Corso (Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy)

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Chloe Park (Dodgen Middle School) Sanjita Prakash (North Gwinnett Middle School) Eunice Kim (North Gwinnett Middle School) Shachi Deo (David T. Howard Middle School) Seoyoon Kim (River Trail Middle School) Beige Bae (Riverwatch Middle School) Madeleine Fish (Home School) Seah Hong (Riverwatch Middle School) Vitchae Han (River Trail Middle School) Julie Han (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Michelle Paik (Wesleyan School)

OBOE

Emma Walters (Buford Middle School) Sangeun Im (River Trail Middle School) Alain Chen Shi (Atlanta International School) Grace Lee (River Trail Middle School)

BASSOON

Declan Johnston (Creekland Middle School) Reese Freyer (Morgan County Middle School) Sofia Oh (North Gwinnett Middle School)

CLARINET

Peter Kwak (Buford Middle School) Joseph Lee (Coleman Middle School) Nathan Hsu (Dodgen Middle School) Andrew Sim (Dickerson Middle School) Royce Cao (Riverwatch Middle School) JunYi Mo (River Trail Middle School) Jiho Jun (Riverwatch Middle School) Kate Rosenberg (Hightower Trail Middle School) Suzanne Smith (Osborne Middle School) Aiden Taheri (Northwestern Middle School) Mary Grace Pearce (McClure Middle School) Jake Lee (Dodgen Middle School) Olivia Hamilton (McCleskey Middle School) Freddy Wu (Dodgen Middle School) Bogdan Boyko (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Johnson Xiao (Webb Bridge Middle School) Chloe Kaminsky (Dickerson Middle School) Katherine Murray (Lost Mountain Middle School) Claire Zhou (River Trail Middle School) Brian Choi (Lanier Middle School) Cody Ji (The Westminster Schools) Brianna Zimmerman (Cass Middle School) Joshua Yu (Webb Bridge Middle School) Connor Crosby (First Presbyterian Day School)

BASS CLARINET

Max Calamia (Dodgen Middle School) Tristan Kim (Pinckneyville Middle School) Cadence Boyd (Smokey Road Middle School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Kaushik Valiveti (Hightower Trail Middle School) Christopher Kim (Webb Bridge Middle School) Jenny Hu (Oconee County Middle School) Chris Zhang (Webb Bridge Middle School) Karhikeyan Rajkumar Jayapriya (Dickerson Middle School) Manya Das (Dodgen Middle School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Riley Mooney (Temple Middle School) Anthony Hoots (Dickerson Middle School) Philip Williams (The Westminster Schools)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Adonis Diaz-Romero (Buford Middle School)

TRUMPET

Jason Zgonc (Renfroe Middle School) Shihyun Kim (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Ian Lee (Riverwatch Middle School) Levi Nilsen (McCleskey Middle School) Antonio Urias (South Forsyth Middle School) Seokhyun Hong (Riverwatch Middle School) Rohan Karve (River Trail Middle School) Preston Mitchell (Prince Avenue Christian School) Riley Case (Heritage Middle School) Nathan Pak (Piney Grove Middle School) Lexi Brown (Mabry Middle School) Raja Hofmeister (The Paideia School) Libby Carles (Ebenezer Middle School) Amanda Pavloff (River Trail Middle School) Mason Thompson (Langston Chapel Middle School) Miko Colasito (Hahira Middle School)

FRENCH HORN

Katelyn Tuffy (Osborne Middle School) Preston Horton (Ebenezer Middle School) Julia Bray (Haynes Bridge Middle School) Ava Castleberry (Malcom Bridge Middle School) Eric Chastain (Palmer Middle School) Tray Coleman (Richards Middle School - Columbus) Suchet Padmakumar (South Forsyth Middle School) Caroline Toole (Woodstock Middle School)

TROMBONE

Clay Mason (Buford Middle School) Gabriel Silva (Buford Middle School) Hunter Tehrani (Stratford Academy) Caedmon Dekker (Mossy Creek Middle School) Austin Johnson (Trickum Middle School) Luis Inciarte Aguilar (Palmer Middle School) Eli Capes (Osborne Middle School) Abigail Stoetzner (Heritage Middle School) Chandler Katzer (First Presbyterian Day School) Madalyn Watermolen (Hopewell Middle School)

BARITONE

Robert Rodriguez (East Cobb Middle School) John L. Williams, Jr (General Ray Davis Middle School) Carly Land (Prince Avenue Christian School) Jaylen Bell (East Hall Middle School)

TUBA

Kaitlin Coleman (Cooper Middle School) Nathan Kiesel (Hightower Trail Middle School) Luke Greenfield (Glynn Middle School) Nicklas Turner (Osborne Middle School) Alton Ellis (Couch Middle School) Claire Bradford (Prince Avenue Christian School) Trent Hilton (Wesleyan School)

PERCUSSION

Anh Ho (Creekland Middle School) Colin Magill (South Forsyth Middle School) Benjamin Badinger (Northbrook Middle School) Siddharth Kilaru (Riverwatch Middle School) Rachel Park (Riverwatch Middle School) Aine Turpin (McCleskey Middle School) Jaden Vo (Buford Middle School)

VASE

MIDDLE SCHOOL

FLUTE

JiAnn Chong (Riverwatch Middle School) Katherine Dale (Davidson Fine Arts)

OBOE

Beatrice Pritchard (Renfroe Middle School) Zachary Kusumo (Riverwatch Middle School)

BASSOON

Clara Beth Elsenrath (North Whitfield Middle School) Felipe Zimelewicz-Pires (Hightower Trail Middle School)

CLARINET

Kiersten Rainey (Mossy Creek Middle School) Holly Kachmar (Costal Middle School)

BASS CLARINET

Caron Bragg (Trickum Middle School) Mariah Batcho (River Trail Middle School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Benjamin Mamut (River Trail Middle School) Boss Lee (Taylor Road Middle School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Ellie Girard (Renfroe Middle School) McColl Finch (Dickerson Middle School)

ALTERNATES BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Boss Lee (Taylor Road Middle School) Mason Pounds (Riverside Middle School)

TRUMPET

Josiah Moore (Dekalb School of the Arts) Chase Haynes (Jefferson Middle School)

FRENCH HORN

William Morgan (Oconee County Middle School) Damaya Norwood (Cass Middle School)

TROMBONE

Kevin Park (Riverwatch Middle School) Dallin Peoples (CW Davis Middle School)

BARITONE

Caleb Earnhardt (Piney Grove Middle School) Joshua Suh (Riverwatch Middle School)

TUBA

Joey Poppel (Elkins Pointe Middle School) Benjamin Prior (Temple Middle School)

PERCUSSION

Trey Sharpe (Richards Middle School) Santiago Calvino (Creekland Middle School)

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING EDUCATORS WHO NEVER GIVE UP

VASE

CONCERT BAND

ANDREA E. BROWN

ORGANIZER: CHRISTOPHER CARR FLUTE

Alexandra Tarassenko (Paul Duke STEM High School) Ashley Yoon (North Gwinnett High School) Michelle Li (North Oconee High School) Andrea Boyko (Ridgeland High School) Hannah Claiborne (McIntosh High School) Mason Stokes (River Ridge High School) Ashan Galhena (Lambert High School) Emily Lin (Heritage High School - Ringgold) Annabelle Lee (Walton High School) Hannah Choy (Chamblee High School) Sofia Said (Houston County High School) Erin Li (Johns Creek High School) Natalie Ng (Duluth High School) Kiconco Bassler (Woodland High School)

OBOE

Hannah Kim (Starr’s Mill High School) Alexander Hermann (DeKalb School of the Arts) Christina Huang (South Forsyth High School) Mia Hansen (Jackson County High School)

BASSOON

Clark Walker (Lakeside High School - Evans) Owen Quick (Whitewater High School) Ernesto Clarke (Decatur High School) Kayley Owens (Cherokee High School)

CLARINET

Jeongyun Choi (Johns Creek High School) Jeffery Li (Lakeside High School - Evans) Dat Dang (Parkview High School) Dana Kim (North Gwinnett High School) Kevin Jin (Mill Creek High School) Jessica Shin (Lambert High School) Sophia J Lenhart (Grady High School) Kyra Strakes (Blessed Trinity Catholic School) Daniel Jin (Northview High School) Zuming Fan (Northview High School) Rowan Martin (Buford High School) Brian Kwon (Lambert High School) Nicholas Wandrick (Cambridge High School) Ivy Zhuo (Lambert High School) Lilian Tow (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Jay Chan (Alpharetta High School) Daniel Lee (Mill Creek High School) Logan Vining (Effingham County High School) Angela Nguyen (Northview High School) Hudson Weber (Savannah Arts Academy) Abigail Varnadoe (Jones County High School) Taeyoung Kim (Mill Creek High School) Ryan Hanling (Lakeside High School - Evans) Jaemin Cheong (Northview High School)

BASS CLARINET

Nathan Kim (Lambert High School) Will Nicholson (Roswell High School) Jiyin You (Northview High School) Clarence Li (Lambert High School) Ivan Agyeman (Whitewater High School

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Brian Yang (Richmond Hill High School) Orwin Requeno (Campbell High School) Leana Elwahidi (Lakeside High School - Evans) Sean Zhong (Norcross High School) Jose Ruiz-Zepeda (West Hall High School) Rachel Hoang (Peachtree Ridge High School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Riley Chester (Newnan High School) Gina Cutlip (Veterans High School)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Tripp Leffler (Madison County High School)

TRUMPET

Jonah Wu (Norcross High School) Brody Johnson (Ware County High School) Anna Filipek (Cambridge High School) Kyle Lee (Chattahoochee High School) Joseph Her (Buford High School) Keily Brown (Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School) Henry Kim (Lambert High School) Nathan Bailey (Home School) Justin Oh (North Gwinnett High School) Michael Soule (Pope High School) Josue Carrizales (East Hall High School) Walker McCullough (Carrollton High School) Rajeev Iyer (Johns Creek High School) Julian Samuels (Grayson High School) Jane Michael (Cedar Shoals High School) Andrew Phompatha (Grayson High School)

FRENCH HORN

TROMBONE

Ray Choi (Buford High School) Ian Lilly (North Cobb High School) Josh Antony (North Gwinnett High School) Iris Liu (Northview High School) Benjaamin Harris (Grayson High School) Vixctor Huang (Oconee County High School) Sohan Jena (Lambert High School) Gene Kang (Lambert High School) Alex Kahiga (Mill Creek High School) Ethan Ruan (Milton High School) Will Pixley (Mary Persons High School)

BASS TROMBONE

Misha Gupta (Wheeler High School)

BARITONE

Daniel Jung (Northview High School) Phillip Mashburn (George Walton Academy) Lana Das (Campbell High School) Hein Bui (Mill Creek High School) Brandon van Olphen (Forsyth Central High School) Jacob Lairson (The Paideia School)

TUBA

Winston Edgerton (Valdosta High School) Owen Pope (Perry High School) Noah Grell (Heritage High School - Ringgold) MarQuavious Stanley (Glynn Academy) Ja’Briel Kaleem Anderson (Newton High School) Dongwon Jang (South Forsyth High School)

PERCUSSION

Principal: Zachary Johnson (West Forsyth High School)

Darby Lane (Norcross High School) Joshua Franklin (Ringgold High School) Cole Martin (Milton High School) Ollie Freeman (White County High School) Ryan Gaertner (Cambridge High School) Joshua Wingard (Ridgeland High School) Grayson Pruitt (Kell High School)

Gibson Krolikowski (Madison County High School) Luke Frain (Greenbrier High School) Jensen Zhang (Northview High School) Sophia Phillips (Decatur High School) Mack Threadgill (Augusta Christian School) Brendan Johnson (Glynn Academy) Lyle Foley (Chamblee High School) Gabrielle Macie Register (Schley County High School)

DR. CHRISTOPHER M. CICCONI

CONCERT BAND

VASE

ORGANIZER: CHRIS SHUMICK FLUTE

Grant Peng (Northview High School) Jieun Lee (Lambert High School) Stephanie Sun (Lambert High School) Madeline Shell (North Cobb High School) Dallas Singleton (Savannah Arts Academy) Emily Hwang (Chattahoochee High School) Hillary Kwok (Johns Creek High School) Sam Malone (Flowery Branch High School) Sriram Madhusudan (South Forsyth High School) Kara Mackay (Pope High School) George Jabren (The Westminster Schools) Grace Liu (Parkview High School) Leo Guan (Alpharetta High School) Arnav Hande (South Forsyth High School)

OBOE

Calvin Hur (Milton High School) Alysia Guo (Parkview High School) Afton Mosley (Marist School) Susanna Cho (Johns Creek High School)

BASSOON

BASS CLARINET

Ethan I Thompson (North Forsyth High School) Mason Hardwick (Decatur High School) Emily Bridges (Alpharetta High School) Colin Wong (Northview High School) Brandon Kim (Lakeside High School - Evans)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Shlok Patel (Flowery Branch High School) Raymond Liu (Brookwood High School) Kyle Soo (Alpharetta High School) Thomas Xiao (Alpharetta High School) Olivia Kim (Alpharetta High School) Miguel Flores-Padilla (North Cobb High School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

James Robson (North Forsyth High School) Jonas Soh (Johns Creek High School)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Matthew Seebran (Ware County High School)

Xi Cong (Greater Atlanta Christian School) Brandon Yao (The Westminster Schools) TRUMPET Andrew Tang (Cherokee High School) Simon Toney (Greenbrier High School) Charlie Miller (Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School) Joseph Mazurek (South Forsyth High School) Matthew Peery (Lambert High School) Morgan Nash (Lanier High School) CLARINET Emma Eason (Central High School - Carrollton) Kyunghwan Lim (Chattahoochee High School) Will Sweet (Flowery Branch High School) Haeon Ki (South Forsyth High School) Ava B Bingaman (North Forsyth High School) Taylor Spires (Jackson County High School) Jonathan Lackey (Brookwood High School) Jieon Ki (South Forsyth High School) Diego Carvajal (Chattahoochee High School) Angelina Zhang (Gwinnett School of Math, Savannah Dinh (Buford High School) Science, and Technology) Dominick Perez (Alexander High School) Yujean Shin (Bremen High School) Benjamin Jones (Sugar Hill Christian Academy) Heidi Woods (River Ridge High School) Natalie Cuson (Richmond Hill High School) Jennifer Lee (Chattahoochee High School) Sebastian Rodriguez (Collins Hill High School) Esther Kim (Collins Hill High School) Sophia Bobo (Ola High School) Jiyeon Jeon (Northview High School) Emily Bray (Parkview High School) Sameeha Sultana (Morgan County High School) Chris Han (Lambert High School) Michael Joseph Serafino (Alpharetta High School) FRENCH HORN Nicole Volk (George Walton Academy) Arine Kim (South Forsyth High School) Ian Moon (North Gwinnett High School) Elizabeth Crafton (South Effingham High School) Michael Lin (Starr’s Mill High School) Makayla Parson (Central High School) Nikhil Acharya (Milton High School) Adarsh Upadhyay (Cambridge High School) Seth Shi (North Oconee High School) Brooke Hobbs (Milton High School) Daniel Huang (Walton High School) Joshua Lee (Buford High School) Joowan Oh (Savannah Arts Academy) Joon Kwon (Northview High School) Neha Neelam (Lambert High School) Sarah Roy (Lakeside High School) Noah Cho (Forsyth Central High School) Hannah Cook (Morgan County High School) Jacy Cheng (South Effingham High School)

TROMBONE

Audrey Hare (Spalding High School) Mary Forrester (Pickens High School) Hayden Buckman (Heritage High School - Ringgold) Matthew Quach (South Forsyth High School) Jaden Jernigan (Sonoraville High School) London Broussard (Houston County High School) Tianyu Xu (Walton High School) Dominic Mendoza (West Forsyth High School) Emma Davis (Houston County High School) Logan Burleigh (Lassiter High School) Marshall Cohen (Oconee County High School)

BASS TROMBONE

Nasir Terrell (Dutchtown High School)

BARITONE

Andrew Haynes (Starr’s Mill High School) Clay Tucker (Sequoyah High School) Elliott Faa (Atlanta International School) Katherine Lee (Allatoona High School) Tyler Laidman (Thomas County Central High School) Jesse Corso (Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy)

TUBA

Cameron Hall (Northgate High School) Kushal Maganti (Lambert High School) Luke Drye (Hillgrove High School) Jun Chambers (Lakeside High School - Evans) Brandon Newell (Greenbrier High School) Jonah Krosner (South Forsyth High School)

PERCUSSION

Wesley Bird (Ola High School) Jordan Katz (Norcross High School) Alonzo Marshall (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Andrew Yaeger (Starr’s Mill High School) Gracyn Kim (Cambridge High School) Davis McKenzie (Lambert High School) Sarah Marsh (Woodward Academy) Rishi Challa (Alpharetta High School)

VASE

CONCERT BAND

FLUTE

Mason Yu (The Westminster Schools) Anna Merritt (Effingham County High School)

OBOE

Megan Halter (Valdosta High School) Brenna Sexton (Hillgrove High School)

BASSOON

Paola Irizarry Joffre (Mill Creek High School) Lily Hurn (Hillgrove High School)

CLARINET

Maria Sotello (Pierce County High School) Rohan Kansal (Lambert High School)

BASS CLARINET

David Chung (Lambert High School) Kaden Neighbors (Grady High School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

BJonathan Tripp (Franklin County High School) Chris Chen (The Westminster Schools)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Akhil Mujumdar (Northview High School) Ethan Streeter (Kell High School)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Cole Kirkland (East Coweta High School) Logan Sligh (Morgan County High School)

ALTERNATES

TRUMPET

Justin Griffin (The Lovett School) Dylan Brank (Mountain View High School)

FRENCH HORN

Blakeney Sewell (George Walton Academy) Dante Lindsay (North Atlanta High School)

TROMBONE

Nicholas Simela (Flowery Branch High School) Neena Mody (Milton High School)

BASS TROMBONE

Ian Harding (Lee County High School) William J Brown (Walton High School)

BARITONE

Samuel Dikes (South Forsyth High School) Maddie Price (Ware County High School)

TUBA

Alex Currier (North Cobb High School) Landry Harris (Milton High School)

PERCUSSION

Shirin Sathe (Lambert High School) Bailey Hines (Rockmart High School)

YOU

ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO ENDURE ALL THAT LIES AHEAD

VASE

SYMPHONIC BAND

CYNTHIA JOHNSTON TURNER

ORGANIZER: DR. ANDREW POOR FLUTE

Tianyu Tina Dong (Northview High School) Nicholas P Oselette (Chamblee High School) Alice Huh (Lambert High School) Liam Weng (Lambert High School) Hannah Huang (Northview High School) Alexia Toma (Dacula High School) Iris Kim (Johns Creek High School) Allison Wang (Alpharetta High School) Katya Yoo (South Forsyth High School) Jungin(Julia) Yun (Mill Creek High School) Kadyn Lee (Chattahoochee High School) Langley McEntyre (Chamblee High School) Rebekah Dickerson (Veterans High School) Veronica Del Castillo (Chattahoochee High School)

OBOE

Stephanie Bergman (Walton High School) Cailey Alexandra Martinez (Coffee High School) Patrick Daw (Pope High School) Katherine Means (Mill Creek High School)

BASSOON

Elena Kaiser (Brookwood High School) Joshua Konfrst (Norcross High School) Bailey Aber (Lakeside High School) Oliver MacLean (Whitewater High School)

CLARINET

Stan Lee (Lambert High School) Daniel Kim (North Gwinnett High School) Tan Charintranont (Lakeside High School) Tala Lester (Dutchtown High School) Ruhi Iyer (Lambert High School) Sydney Irons (Adairsville High School) Oliver Lee (Decatur High School) James Shin (Richmond Hill High School) Hanna Demmler (Savannah Arts Academy) Mitchell Campbell (Lassiter High School) Sydney Morrissey (Lambert High School) Lauren Kim (Marist School) Minjae Kim (Walton High School) Aubrey Roberts (Effingham County High School) Riley Hartman (Sequoyah High School) Thomas Gary (Woodward Academy) Cameron Quadagno (South Paulding High School) Anoushka Gandotra (Walton High School) Elise Larson (Bremen High School) Mitchell Hunt (Pope High School) Imani Gans (Stephenson High School) Jada A Lewis (Home School) Linjay Zeng (Alpharetta High School) Kirsten Vermeersch (South Paulding High School)

BASS CLARINET

Jasmine Stinson (Allatoona High School) Axel Zubieta (Forsyth Central High School) Ethan Campbell (Centennial High School) Milo Holcombe Pomerance (Home School) Gael Hernandez (Coahulla Creek High School)

CONTRA CLARINET

Nadia Dixon (Milton High School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Joseph Deloach (Coffee High School) Halle Anderson (Pope High School) Nico Llamazales (Kell High School) Thomas Simmons (North Cobb High School) Oluwamadupe Oloyede (SW Dekalb High School) Jordan Alexander Reese (Stephenson High School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Harmon Austin (Pope High School) Seth Bickle (Houston County High School

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Ethan Petersen (North Cobb High School)

TRUMPET

Andrew Wang (Johns Creek High School) Riley Welch (Cambridge High School) Ben Failor (Alpharetta High School) McKenzie Matthews (Lakeside High School) Noah Newsome (Chattahoochee High School) Jahmal Ray (Ronald E. McNair High School) Noah Mlaker (Northgate High School) Brandon Hall (Union Grove High School) Scott Calderon (Norcross High School) Gabe Bowles (Newnan High School) Thomas Welch (Cambridge High School) Michael Lambert (Kell High School) Jeremy Griffis (West Forsyth High School) Chelsea Dean (Jefferson High School ) April Figueroa (White County High School) Calliope Cutchins (The Paideia School)

FRENCH HORN

Hector Montalvo (Lanier High School) Luke Cross (Ringgold High School) Sophia Lieth (Walton High School) William Fang (Cedar Shoals High School) John Ricks (Thomson High School) Nicholas Reed (Norcross High School) Gabriella Hoechst (North Forsyth High School) Olivia Hullender (Heritage High School)

TROMBONE

Donald Crafton (South Effingham High School) Nathan Campbell (Heritage High School) Liam Bourque (McIntosh High School) Connor Biffle (Locust Grove High School) Christopher Park (Parkview High School) Ronald Schaber (Cambridge High School) Ian Hawkins (Ringgold High School) Nathaniel Wasihun (Parkview High School) Nate Baker (South Paulding High School) Davis Rogers (Greenbrier High School) Angel Martinez (Riverwood International Charter School)

BASS TROMBONE

Scott Rasher (West Forsyth High School)

BARITONE

RJ Schaber (Cambridge High School) Marqes Smith (Jenkins County High School) Roderic Parson (Lakeside High School) Chris Crawford (Warner Robins High School) Jacob Torbert (Glynn Academy) Eli Scornik (George Walton Academy)

TUBA

Sam Stellberg (North Forsyth High School) Tyler Johnson (Decatur High School) Joshua Lee (Lambert High School) Dallas Pellom (Campbell High School) Brian Faire (Lambert High School) John Mazurek (South Forsyth High School)

PERCUSSION

Principal: Collin Shen (Milton High School)

Carter Mitchell (Cartersville High School) Meme Walton (Glynn Academy) Reece Moseley (Mill Creek High School) Chelsea Yang (Lambert High School) Zach Dezell (Milton High School) Miles Bell (North Oconee High School) Ryan Zhang (Alpharetta High School)

COLONEL DON SCHOFIELD

SYMPHONIC BAND

VASE

ORGANIZER: COURTNEY NEIDHARDT FLUTE

Emily Kim (Peachtree Ridge High School) Gretchen Kim (Lambert High School) Alex Tirino (Veterans High School) Heesoo Jeong (Chattahoochee High School) Ivy Lee (Greater Atlanta Christian School) Talley Powell (Worth County High School) Jumi Park (Collins Hill High School) Kayla Lim (Mill Creek High School) Cherilyn Kim (North Gwinnett High School) Isabella Cabrel-Watson (Pope High School) Sofie Margaret Zeruto (Greenbrier High School) Pooja Manekar (Northview High School) Elayna Griffaw (McIntosh High School) Hailey Dalton (Gordon Lee High School)

OBOE

Elise Hayen (Heritage High School) Shana Lee (Northview High School) Tony Benavides (Heritage High School) Erin Fowler (River Ridge High School)

BASSOON

Dillon Causby (Cambridge High School) Ahmad Duncan (Sandy Creek High School) Jacob Mugavero (Richmond Hill High School) Bailey Matherne (Pope High School)

CLARINET

Daniel Cho (Alpharetta High School) Deston Lian (Johns Creek High School) Alex Carrillo (George Walton Academy) Jaylah Dorsey (Dutchtown High School) Quinton Benner (Sequoyah High School) Amy Wen (Parkview High School) Malcolm Smith (Sequoyah High School) Elise Gran (West Forsyth High School) Sarah Kellan Lane (Parkview High School) Brendan Weinbaum (North Atlanta High School) Kaitlyn Baek (North Gwinnett High School) Bradley You (Woodward Academy) Nathan Brown (Newnan High School) Jenna Garner (Central High School) Jaden Tan (Lassiter High School) Aaron Wei (Northview High School) Emma Larson (McEachern High School) Brandon Kwon (Lambert High School) Cecilia Mateo (Richmond Hill High School) Cordelia Ciuk (Camden County High School) Alex Holland (Cedar Shoals High School) Christian Parco (Richmond Hill High School) Gracie Wood (George Walton Academy) Sophie Ray (North Oconee High School)

BASS CLARINET

Benjamin Spinrad (The Westminster Schools) Sidney Phillips (Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School) Eric Park (North Gwinnett High School) Michael Ardhito (South Forsyth High School) Jacob Hall (Morgan County High School)

CONTRA CLARINET

Katie Chaney (East Paulding High School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Ashley Emerton (Bremen High School) West Clayton (Whitewater High School) Jack Blumer (Glynn Academy) Paulark Yan (Parkview High School) Catherine Fensetermaker (Camden County High School) Joey Garcia (Chattahoochee High School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Aaron Yu (The Westminster Schools) Isaiah Dennis (Southwest Dekalb High School)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Benjamin Jordan (Lassiter High School)

TRUMPET

Fish Brosmer (Centennial High School) Kate Hatfield (Ware County High School) Jack Rozza (Walton High School) Benjamin Stocksdale (North Forsyth High School) Samuel Estep (River Ridge High School) Camryn Aguilar (Forsyth Central High School) Cory Shin (Mill Creek High School) Addison Poor (Lambert High School) Paul Kwak (Buford High School) Jack Ramu (Forsyth Central High School) Jacob Taylor (Lakeside High School - Evans) Adam Brock (Chamblee High School) David Melonakos (Milton High School) John Heyerdahl (Alpharetta High School) Collin Grant (Southwest Dekalb High School) Cameran Butryn (North Oconee High School)

FRENCH HORN

Jake Guerreso (Creekview High School) Andrew Jutras (Oconee County High School) Mariana Schwark (Collins Hill High School) Cole Zelman (Lee County High School) Anjali Culver (Heritage High School) Eli Galligan (Pickens High School) Bethany Rager (Harlem High School) Emilia Keesey (Luella High School)

TROMBONE

Jonatan Gonzalez (Richmond Hill High School) Stephen Scott (Heritage High School) Andrew Song (Heritage High School) Ben Novo (Woodland High School) Gabriel Mavis (Sandy Creek High School) Jackson Mose (Creekview High School) Mike Pulliam (George Walton Academy) Brooks Dokes (George Walton Academy) Wills Kane (Lakeside High School) Joshua Hadaway (Providence Christian Academy) Ashton Roth (Milton High School)

BASS TROMBONE

Grant Erie (West Forsyth High School)

BARITONE

John Chow (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Simone Van Pletzen (Kell High School) Taylor Stevens (Alcovy High School) Blane York (Woodland High School) Andrew Bae (Lambert High School) Rhianna McKinney (South Paulding High School)

TUBA

Jacob Lee (Lambert High School) Aaron Mullins (Morgan County High School) Kyla Hampson (Milton High School) Mikal Martin (South Paulding High School) Charles Causey (White County High School) Avery Walker (Ola High School)

PERCUSSION

Principal: Jakalin Bryant (Peach County High School)

Mebibora Akerejola (Milton High School) Evan Magill (Lambert High School) Dylan Cruz (Grayson High School) Alex Holloway (Cambridge High School) James Aliffi (Decatur High School) Colby Brown (Lakeside High School) Ashton Charles (South Paulding High School)

VASE

SYMPHONIC BAND

FLUTE

Daniel Ramos (Fayette County High School) Kaden Hamilton (Creekside High School)

OBOE

Stephen Litt (Kennesaw Mountain High School) George Dennis (Savannah Arts Academy)

BASSOON

Cole Sanford (McIntosh High School) Ethan Johnson (Milton High School)

CLARINET

Alana Walker (Cass High School) Avia Solomon (Douglas County High School)

BASS CLARINET

Cynthia Thomas (Stephenson High School) Jacob Hanson (Mary Persons High School)

CONTRA CLARINET

Noel Z.M. Stewart (Home School)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Jordan Sorah (Jefferson High School ) Justin Williams (Ridgeland High School)

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Caleb Hughie (Kell High School) William Huelsbeck (Norcross High School)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Xavier Martinez (Locust Grove High School)

ALTERNATES

TRUMPET

Chelsea Thompson (Charlton County High School) Jacob Carlstrom (Lee County High School)

FRENCH HORN

Anna Carter (Mill Creek High School) Natalie Letalien (Woodland High School)

TROMBONE

Justin Jung (Centennial High School) Bradley Hicks (South Forsyth High School)

BASS TROMBONE

Chris Likes (Lassiter High School) Austin Granger (McEachern High School)

BARITONE

Alex Greenfield (Glynn Academy) Stephen Owens (Woodland High School - Cartersville)

TUBA

Avery Pittman (Woodland High School - Cartersville) Hunter Davis (Lee County High School)

PERCUSSION

Josh Brown (Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School) Christian Weimer (Denmark High School)

YOU

ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS

YOU

ARE THE DREAMERS OF DREAMS

VASE

MIDDLE SCHOOL STRINGS

MICHELLE DAVIS

ORGANIZER: BO NA VIOLIN - 1ST VIOLIN

Claire Cho (Webb Bridge Middle School) Eugenie Lim (McClure Middle School - Kennesaw) Hyunbin Moon (Hull Middle School) Alyssa Lee (North Gwinnett Middle School) Geonhee Lee (Autrey Mill Middle School) Lucas Liu (Dickerson Middle School) Chloe Sun (Autrey Mill Middle School) Caroline Huang (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Angelina Lee (Dodgen Middle School) Solomon Cho (Hull Middle School) Joanna Wang (Brookstone School) Angelina Lu (Hightower Trail Middle School) Kevin Kim (North Gwinnett Middle School) Dustin Pyo (Richards Middle School - Columbus) Ezekiel Werner (Renfroe Middle School) Jocelyne Andronache-Opris (Hull Middle School) Yeeun Kim (North Gwinnett Middle School) Amber Li (Autrey Mill Middle School) Sophia Smits (Augusta Christian School) Rebecca Ma (Webb Bridge Middle School) Harper Bateman (The Westminster Schools) Waverly Alexander (Northwestern Middle School)

VIOLIN - 2ND VIOLIN

Abigail Kim (River Trail Middle School) Arina Lee (River Trail Middle School) Erin Birdsong (Home School) Zoe Lee (Twin Rivers Middle School) Jacob Gideon Kite (Home School) Aiden Seungryul Lee (Home School) Jayree Cairo Wren (McCleskey Middle School) Maryann Kim (South Forsyth Middle School) Hayden Yi (North Gwinnett Middle School) Elizabeth Wang (River Trail Middle School) Ryan Shin (Twin Rivers Middle School) Chakriya Phaengsook (Simpson Middle School) Sophia Wang (The Westminster Schools) Gene Yoon (Richards Middle School - Columbus) Christina Yang (Whitefield Academy) Evan Xue (Autrey Mill Middle School) Mia Bryan (Home School) Ellen Kolesnikova (Renfroe Middle School) Juha Hwang (North Gwinnett Middle School) Esther Park (Webb Bridge Middle School) Emma Lilly (Sutton Middle School) Abby Lim (Osborne Middle School)

VIOLA

Principal: Emma Fang (Renfroe Middle School)

Christopher Johnson (Alton C. Crews Middle School) William Chun (Autrey Mill Middle School) Celina Park (Lanier Middle School) Reagan Gary (Woodward Academy) Arnika Alikhani (The Westminster Schools) Rania Haque (Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts) Maya Nagia (Webb Bridge Middle School) Athena Yang (Duluth Middle School) Joanne Kim (Alton C. Crews Middle School) Nathan Yim (North Gwinnett Middle School) Victor Huang (Webb Bridge Middle School) Keira Klein (The Westminster Schools) Ethan Braswell (Greater Atlanta Christian School) Jiyu Kim (Hull Middle School) Grace Peng (North Gwinnett Middle School)

CELLO

Seunghoon Pi (Greater Atlanta Christian School) Neel Krishnan (Simpson Middle School) Philip Jeong (North Gwinnett Middle School) Stephanie Malcom (Northwestern Middle School) Ethan Lo (Dickerson Middle School) Diana Christy (Home School) Chase Choi (North Gwinnett Middle School) Levi Chambers (Home School) Mia Song (Webb Bridge Middle School) Billy Sizemore (J. C. Booth Middle School) Katherine Lamback (Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School) Claire Hwang, (Northbrook Middle School) Brandon Park (North Gwinnett Middle School) Kiran Wolf (The Waldorf School of Atlanta) Karis Kim (North Gwinnett Middle School) Ethan Nie (Autrey Mill Middle School)

BASS

Yuvin Kang (Coleman Middle School) Cecilia Clarke (Renfroe Middle School) Ethan Huang (Chamblee Middle School) Hazel Patty (Renfroe Middle School) Jasper Robertson (Simpson Middle School) Will Dominick (Hightower Trail Middle School) Ethan Shealy (Elkins Pointe Middle School) Alex Na (The Westminster Schools)

RUTH KURTIS

MIDDLE SCHOOL STRINGS

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ORGANIZER: KATHY SAUCIER VIOLIN - 1ST VIOLIN

Katie Yu (Hull Middle School) Michael Hou (Autrey Mill Middle School) Elena Dagostino (Dean Rusk Middle School) Andrew Lee (Autrey Mill Middle School) Andre Than (Crabapple Middle School) Jaden Yim (River Trail Middle School) Alexis Kim (Trickum Middle School) Connor Holloway (Mount Vernon Presbyterian School) Myles Ea (Peachtree Middle School) Abhay Shetty (Autrey Mill Middle School) Alice D Oh (Hull Middle School) Hyerim Sim (Blackmon Road Middle School) Austin Wu (Simpson Middle School) Aidan Kho (Augusta Preparatory Day School)

VIOLIN - 2ND VIOLIN

Addison Allvine (Sutton Middle School) Eric Yu (Fulton Science Academy) AiAi Liu (North Gwinnett Middle School) Sean Kim (McConnell Middle School) Michelle Hu (Autrey Mill Middle School) Jamie Chiu (Northwestern Middle School) Sharon Gray (River Trail Middle School) Ashley Chang (Duluth Middle School) Sam Kim (North Gwinnett Middle School) Abigail Lee (Autrey Mill Middle School) Ethan Son (North Gwinnett Middle School) Nesha Soni (Hull Middle School) Andrew Cheng (Five Forks Middle School) Rachel Lee (Mill Creek Middle School) Yaesung (Paul) Cho (Creekland Middle School) Grace Xie (Dodgen Middle School) Eugene Li (Dodgen Middle School) Sophia Moreira-Chauvel (Capstone Academy) Kyle Tie (Woodward Academy) Mehek Saha (McConnell Middle School) Caryssa Snyrder (Whitefield Academy) Irene Kim (Riverwatch Middle School) Samantha Lee (Academy for Classical Education) Kaden Korn (J. C. Booth Middle School) Jaewan Chris Yoon (North Gwinnett Middle School) Zaire Brown (Whitewater Middle School) Audrey Sun (Autrey Mill Middle School) Sophia Knudsen (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Sunyoung Kim (River Trail Middle School) Joshua Xie (Athens Academy)

VIOLA

Principal: Shivani Dantuluri (The Westminster Schools)

Keefer Lin (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Owen Tang (Chamblee Middle School) William Kim (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Ian Du (Riverwatch Middle School) Zoura Chan (J. C. Booth Middle School) Edward Kim (Autrey Mill Middle School) Rachel Wang (Lanier Middle School) Aidan Ji (Hull Middle School) Sophie Lin (Taylor Rd. Middle School) Shivali Singh (North Gwinnett Middle School) Sydni Demester (McClure Middle School - Kennesaw) Haley Kim (Hull Middle School) Arsheya Singh (Autrey Mill Middle School) Pierson Clardy (Chamblee Middle School) Danny Shapiro (Autrey Mill Middle School)

CELLO

Dylan Im (Woodward Academy) Olivia Landau (The Waldorf School of Atlanta) Maggie Liu (The Westminster Schools) Evelyn Cha (Hull Middle School) Dylan Song (The Westminster Schools) Mark Park (Duluth Middle School) Jake Hunter (Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School) Eric Jiang (The Westminster Schools) Ryan Du (Riverwatch Middle School) Esther Sanogo (Renfroe Middle School) Gavin Rivas (The Westminster Schools) Abigail Lee (Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts) Deborah Won (Riverwatch Middle School) Nicole Johnson (Northwestern Middle School) David Zoblisein (Durham Middle School) Stella Reber-Vinas (The Waldorf School of Atlanta)

BASS

Delani Gatson (Rising Starr Middle School) Harmon Shinall (Bartlett Middle School) Sean Jiao (Dickerson Middle School) Irene Achanti (Webb Bridge Middle School) Steven Marcet (Woodward Academy) Vivian Panturu (Osborne Middle School) Luke Smith (The Westminster Schools) Autumn Smith (North Cobb Christian School)

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9/10 FULL ORCHESTRA

DR. REBECCA B. MACLEOD

ORGANIZER: RAE LITOWICH VIOLIN - 1ST VIOLIN

Samuel Vaillancourt (Columbus High School) Suann Kim (GSMST) Brandon Lee (Greater Atlanta Christian School) Lee Kim (Johns Creek High School) Kate (Sunny) Kim (Walton High School) Isabella Lin (Johns Creek High School) Shristi Roy (Woodward Academy) Yihe Li (GSMST) Revin Jun (Northview High School) Amy Mo (Johns Creek High School) Ryan Kim (South Forsyth High School) Ashley Heo (Northview High School) Stephen Zhu (Walton High School) Amartya Kallingal (Pace Academy) Lela Stair (Duluth High School) Rose Nadershahi (Chattahoochee High School) Carol Li (Chamblee High School) Christian Hable (Walton High School) Ajay Ruban Balasubramaniam (Lambert High School) Tyler Clement (Hillgrove High School) Jessica E Rhee (Rockdale Magnet School For Science and Technology) Samay Desai (Alpharetta High School)

VIOLIN - 2ND VIOLIN

Roy Lee (Northview High School) Didi Stone (Starr’s Mill High School) Katherine Chong (Johns Creek High School) Isaac Bryan (Home School) Allison Cheng (Brookwood High School) Abigail Kim (Johns Creek High School) Nathan Kim (North Gwinnett High School) Xiaojun Ge (Northview High School) Jeffrey Xu (Johns Creek High School) Rea Aiyer (Wheeler High School) Yu-An Chen (Northview High School) Abby Lee (Hebron Christian Academy) Rachel Kwon (North Gwinnett High School) Eric Sun (Alpharetta High School) Ella Grace Malcom (Milton High School) Annie Hong (Johns Creek High School) Michael Cai (Peachtree Ridge High School) Ranjani Vasudevan (Fulton Science Academy) Elizabeth Fish (Home School) Mia Motley (Lassiter High School) Siheon Ji (Mount Pisgah Christian School) Emma Hu (Northview High School)

VIOLA

Jason Seo (Johns Creek High School) Hannah Smallwood (Milton High School) Yeoneui Jeong (Johns Creek High School) Cion Kim (Chattahoochee High School) Anastasia Waid (The Westminster Schools) George Young (Walton High School) Dorothy Park (Wesleyan School) Emma Xuan (Decatur High School) Colleen Kim (Chattahoochee High School) Jaehyun Im (Northview High School) Ethan Bradley Cook (Marietta High School) Jason Xu (Walton High School) Sabrina Yeh (Northview High School) Seungmin Han (Johns Creek High School) Ella Trost (Home School) Tyler Bothwell (Chattahoochee High School)

CELLO

FLUTE

Kimberly Bateman (Home School) Kate Newland (Whitewater High School) Alex Xu (Alpharetta High School)

OBOE

Chloe Chun (Lambert High School) Yuna Alice Lim (North Gwinnett High School)

BASSOON

Rob Liberman (The Weber School) Parker Hayen (Heritage High School - Ringgold)

CLARINET

Virginia Pastor (Grayson High School) Beomseok Kang (East Coweta High School)

TRUMPET

Kristen Song (Lambert High School) Brandon Leonard (Chamblee High School) Jaia Alli - Principal Cello (The Westminster Schools) Joshua T Nguyen (Wheeler High School) Alex Ko (Lambert High School) Kai Lee (Johns Creek High School) Jihoon Kim (Peachtree Ridge High School) Kelly Choi (Collins Hill High School) Richard Wang (Starr’s Mill High School) Branden Kim (GSMST) Legacy Kluck (North Cobb High School) Justin Lee (Columbus High School) Tyler Gemmell (Mill Creek High School) Nathan Shepherd (Duluth High School) Jane Lee (Paul Duke STEM High School) Kevin Lee (Chattahoochee High School)

Zihan Zhao (Parkview High School) Tanner Murray (Charlton County High School) Austin Wegmann (Effingham County High School)

BASS

Jeremie Constant (Ringgold High School)

Principal: Bria Rives (Fayette County High School)

Sarah Kruskamp (Brookwood High School) Yenna Park (Savannah Country Day School) Richard Zhou (North Gwinnett High School) Austin Carter (Academy for Classical Education) E’LissaAnn Hilary Jones (Northview High School) Lucca Radosavljevic (Savannah Arts Academy) Macy Kiger (Harrison High School)

HARP

Micah Marie Blair (DeKalb School of the Arts)

FRENCH HORN

Brandon Soto (Milton High School) Adam Boswell (Milton High School) Michael Sersaw (Home School) Shriya Mahakala (Northview High School)

TROMBONE

Remzi Abaci (Chattahoochee High School) Cody Nguyen (Parkview High School) Vera Volin (Pope High School)

TUBA

TIMPANI

Principal: Luke Ferguson (Kennesaw Mountain HS)

PERCUSSION

Thomas G Huff (Winder-Barrow High School) Suraj Chatoth (North Gwinnett High School) Gus Weed (Jackson County High School)

E DANIEL LONG

9/10 STRING ORCHESTRA

VASE

ORGANIZER: PATRICIA CLEATON VIOLIN - 1ST VIOLIN

Emily Huo (Augusta Preparatory Day School) Sharon Lee (Savannah Arts Academy) Charles Kim (Johns Creek High School) Janice Lee (Chattahoochee High School) Youyou Zhu (Johns Creek High School) James Chen (Alpharetta High School) Jeanne Yoon (North Gwinnett High School) Sophie Wang (The Westminster Schools) Lyric Olson (Savannah Arts Academy) Joseph Moon (Mountain View High School) Aeden O’Shields (Allatoona High School) Edric Nduwimana (Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts) Ronald Zhang (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Nora Landress Hart (Marietta High School)

VIOLIN - 2ND VIOLIN

Lucas Stancill (North Gwinnett High School) Ethan Yap (Harrison High School) Lucas Nyman (Starr’s Mill High School) Alicia Li (Northview High School) Anand Krishnan (North Gwinnett High School) Faith Meshida (Archer High School) Alexander Kim (North Gwinnett High School) Christopher Linder (Home School) Elise Park (Walton High School) Noah Yoon (Columbus High School) Megan Lee (Peachtree Ridge High School) Aaron Wang (Alpharetta High School) Andres Urbina (Northside High School - Columbus) Raunak Das (Lambert High School) Harah Jung Kang (Savannah Arts Academy) Clara Brucker (Home School) Jacob Kim (Chattahoochee High School) Sophie Landrum (Walton High School) Nayeong Kweon (Chattahoochee High School) Rebekah Kim (Peachtree Ridge High School) Nyneishia Janarthanan (Johns Creek High School) Jordan Zheng (Northview High School) Luca Veni (Mill Creek High School) Selina Xu (Northview High School) Anna Yoon (Chattahoochee High School) Yuang Zhang (McIntosh High School) Soham Pati (Cambridge High School) Haelin Lee (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Trendan Lin (Cambridge High School) Joline Tran (Northview High School)

VIOLA

Stanley Yeboah (New Manchester High School) Olivia Yu (Alpharetta High School) Lynden Baek (North Gwinnett High School) Joshua Jeon (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Bryan Kim (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Diane Kwon (Woodward Academy) Brian Woo (Johns Creek High School) Kyle Lynch (Union Grove High School) Sarah Kim (The Westminster Schools) Amogh Kondaji (Alpharetta High School) Daniel Choi (Cedar Shoals High School) Sophia Yang (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Seungmin Pyo (North Gwinnett High School) Jensi Perng (Northview High School) Sachith Koduri (Johns Creek High School) William Fulton (Kell High School)

CELLO

Elly Kim (Peachtree Ridge High School) Theodore Kim (Johns Creek High School) Andy Jung (Columbus High School) Yeseo Han (North Gwinnett High School) Eunice Maia (North Gwinnett High School) Daniel Lee (Walton High School) Joshua Kim (North Gwinnett High School) Tanner Stauss (The Walker School) Faith Huang (Walton High School) Eric Son (North Gwinnett High School) Yehyun Hong (North Oconee High School) Alana Childers (Heritage High School - Conyers) Eric Xu (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Catherine Zhang (Alpharetta High School) Terry Kim (Cambridge High School) Jiayi Lu (Northview High School)

BASS

Thomas Gamba - Principal Bass (Milton High School) Tendekai Ethan Mawokomatanda (DeKalb School of the Arts) Connor Oneacre (Milton High School) Madeline Grace Bower (Marietta High School) David V Cooper (Druid Hills High School) Sreyasri Ambadipudi (Northview High School) Breylon Carter (Heritage High School - Conyers) Genevieve Metayer (Chattahoochee High School)

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11/12 FULL ORCHESTRA

ROGER KALIA

ORGANIZER: SARA GRIMES VIOLIN - 1ST VIOLIN

Tobias Liu (The Westminster Schools) Kelly Jeong (Northview High School) Jeremiah Jung (Northview High School) Madison Park (River Ridge High School) Erin Suh (Chattahoochee High School) Kevin Chen (Norcross High School) Anna Hu (Northview High School) Zoe Gotlin (Johns Creek High School) Stana Choi (Columbus High School) Salome Won (Lambert High School) Danielle Najarian (Milton High School) Sanjna Prakash (GSMST) Michelle Lee (North Gwinnett High School) Brayden Wilson (Georgia Connections Academy) Daniel Ng (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Erin Cho (Alpharetta High School) Sarah Park (North Gwinnett High School) Charis Dwire (Home School) Daniel H Lee (Chattahoochee High School) Nevin Gregory (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Yerahm Hong (North Oconee High School) Sunglin Hsieh (Johns Creek High School)

VIOLIN - 2ND VIOLIN

Ellie Park (North Gwinnett High School) Hannah Lee (North Cobb High School) Christina Kim (Peachtree Ridge High School) Zach Tseng (Chattahoochee High School) Erin Choi (Collins Hill High School) Lauren Zelnak (The Lovett School) Hilary Chen (Northview High School) SaiAnirudh Vedartham (Northview High School) Sageiana Codispoti (North Gwinnett High School) Lauren Barnes (Home School) Thulsy Krishnan (Home School) Janae Ikeler (Home School) Anna Grace Efting (Home School) Mina Ionia Smith (Savannah Arts Academy) Asad Yamin (Walton High School) Margaret Y Hwang (Rockdale Magnet School For Science and Technology) Joseph Yeo (Collins Hill High School) Daniel Huang (Athens Academy) Kailyn Brown (Mountain View High School) Luca Davidson (Lassiter High School) Ori (Hyejun) Kang (Peachtree Ridge High School) Gibson Akin (Harrison High School)

VIOLA

Claire Hong (North Gwinnett High School) Nicholas Chang (Duluth High School) Rachel Lee (Chamblee High School) Sujay Rao (Cambridge High School) Esha Sringeri (Milton High School) Irene Park (Collins Hill High School) Ted Paek (Lambert High School) Zoe Schwartz (Woodward Academy) Joshua K Lee (Chattahoochee High School) Victoria Kang (Northview High School) Kaiyan Xu (Chamblee High School) Joseph Yoo (Alpharetta High School) Ben Suarez (Allatoona High School) Alex Oh (Athens Academy) Jodie Stone (Starr’s Mill High School) Connor Valcy (Allatoona High School)

CELLO

Jonathan Fuller (Grady High School) Gabriella McClellan (Home School) Connor Swain (Hillgrove High School) Jessica Tang (Johns Creek High School) Caleb Slate (Sprayberry High School) Dean Kim (Lambert High School) Juwon Lim (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Eric Chen (Walton High School) Jeremy Lee (Duluth High School) Anna Nam (McIntosh High School) Jonathan Walton (Academe of the Oaks) Irene Chiao (Walton High School) Fayha Polite (Savannah Arts Academy) Ian Koontz (Harrison High School) Jason Luo (Chattahoochee High School) Matthew Kim (Northview High School)

BASS

Noah Daniel (Hillgrove High School) Aiden Johnson (Mountain View High School) Eric Dukes (Roswell High School) Evan Smallwood (Milton High School) Noah Koh (Johns Creek High School) Dennis Smallwood (Milton High School) Eisen Griffin (Alpharetta High School) Peyton Lightcap (Brookwood High School)

HARP

Madeline Chen (Riverwood Int. Charter School) Milly Criswell (LaGrange High School)

FLUTE

Megan K Woo (Chamblee High School) Ryan Clever (Pinecrest Academy) Savanna Wachter (Buford High School) Daniel Cruz (Swainsboro High School)

OBOE

Gracee Anastyn Myers (Coffee High School) Christopher H. Lee (Johns Creek High School) Oliver Long (Wheeler High School) Evan Weaver (East Paulding High School)

BASSOON

Vishaal Kareti (Wheeler High School) Kasey Park (Lambert High School) Caleb Anthony Jackson (Jones County High School) Noah Eastman (Savannah Arts Academy)

CLARINET

Jason Mok (North Gwinnett High School) Madi Coffey (Heritage High School - Ringgold) Grace Oh (North Gwinnett High School) Jonas Du (The Westminster Schools)

TRUMPET

Joshua Puente (Lassiter High School) Natalie Park (Decatur High School) Tyler Garman (Effingham County High School) Henry Lesser (Lambert High School)

FRENCH HORN

Aidan Christensen (Kell High School) Aliceyn Covington (Union County High School) Gracie Gambrell (Bremen High School) Jacob Evarts (Locust Grove High School) Lily Morgan (Woodward Academy)

TROMBONE

Atira Murawski (West Hall High School) Liam Barry (Lassiter High School) Devrim Abaci (Chattahoochee High School)

BASS TROMBONE

Hank Jamison (Brookwood High School)

TUBA

Ryan Lofland (Etowah High School)

TIMPANI

Principal: Jonah Schertz (Milton High School)

PERCUSSION

Nicholas McCullough (Armuchee High School) Den McGrew (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Colton Brown (Oakwood Christian Academy) Ben Said (Houston County High School)

MICHAEL ALAN ISADORE

11/12 STRING ORCHESTRA

VASE

ORGANIZER: LORI BUONAMICI VIOLIN - 1ST VIOLIN

Jennifer Yu (Collins Hill High School) Alec Hawkins (Duluth High School) Frances Prager (Savannah Arts Academy) Caeley M Woo (Chamblee High School) Rick Nguyen (Morrow High School) Hermes Mejia (Duluth High School) Aaron Beraki (Brookwood High School) Madison Park (Columbus High School) Chelsea Afful (Kennesaw Mountain High School) Caitlyne Lee (North Gwinnett High School) Diane Zhao (Northview High School) Banglue Wei (Walton High School) Ben Cha (Peachtree Ridge High School) Amie Wang (Johns Creek High School)

VIOLIN - 2ND VIOLIN

Nishka Soni (GSMST) Songhyun Lee (North Gwinnett High School) Rebecca Ho (Cambridge High School) Hiyori Williams (Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts) Yui Sugino (Walton High School) Lydia Meadows (Home School) Christia Saputera (Peachtree Ridge High School) Jeniffer Kim (Johns Creek High School) Adhya Singh (Johns Creek High School) Violet Newhart (Alpharetta High School) Scarlett Wills (North Atlanta High School) Elizabeth Jones (Savannah Arts Academy) Aidan Payne (Lassiter High School) William Zhang (Alpharetta High School) Sechan Tak (Grady High School) Nadia Priyam (Mount Pisgah Christian School) Olivia Cai (GSMST) Urim Lee (Mountain View High School) Grace Yan (Walton High School) Olivia Durrence (Mill Creek High School) Oluwadamilola Thomas (Grayson High School) Lawrence Cai (Walton High School) Tessa Butterworth (Alpharetta High School) Natalie Sarzen (Chamblee High School) Shazan Samnani (McIntosh High School) Archishma Goli (Wheeler High School) Cynthia Ruan (Walton High School) Ikenna Paul Okoro (Whitewater High School) Sun Chang (Discovery High School) Katie Shin (Mountain View High School)

VIOLA

Sallie Kim (Chattahoochee High School) Matthew Lim (Lambert High School) Daniel Boscan (North Atlanta High School) Kevin Cromer (Woodward Academy) Lauren Lee (Peachtree Ridge High School) Christian Galoppe (Lassiter High School) Richard David Rowe (Marietta High School) Jordan Little (Duluth High School) Alison Yau (Chattahoochee High School) David Kim (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Nithin Naren (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Jihwan Shin (North Gwinnett High School) Chelsea Young (Johns Creek High School) Sophie Caillault (Clarke Central High School) Gloria Kim (Mill Creek High School) Noah Frank (Roswell High School)

CELLO

Sydney Alexandria Brown (Whitewater High School) Cadence Belle Woolstenhulme (Northview High School) Khalil Payne (McEachern High School) Chika Ito (Lassiter High School) Allegra Luna (Savannah Arts Academy) Dayo Lee (McIntosh High School) Joshua Aderhold (Grayson High School) Owen Lear (Grady High School) Natalie Hart (Woodward Academy) Janice Daehye Kim (Peachtree Ridge High School) Katie Clark (Mill Creek High School) Hope Collier (Gwinnett Online Campus) Gabriel Liu (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) Jamie King (Chamblee High School) Matthew Pendavris (Home School) Daniel Euno Park (Peachtree Ridge High School)

BASS

Will Duncan (Mount Paran Christian School) Jordan Peter Gomez (DeKalb School of the Arts) Miles Smith (Collins Hill High School) Vshoi Emanuel (Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts) Jordan Askew (Lanier High School) Jonathan Sandberg (Sprayberry High School) Matthew Walloch (Paul Duke STEM High School) Joshua Sheperd (Maynard H. Jackson High School)

HARP

Catherine Kitchens (North Springs High School) Evelyn Raphael (Chamblee High School)

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ALTERNATES VIOLIN

Guanhan Liu (GSMST) Marian Waller (David T. Howard Middle School) Satomi Ono (River Trail Middle School) Sara Takagi (Columbus High School) Sean Kim (Savannah Arts Academy) Ryan Tan (Dodgen Middle School)

VIOLA

Clara Kim (Johns Creek High School) Brayden Moor (Hightower Trail Middle School) Aria Cox (Paul Duke STEM High School) Rebecca Yoo (Webb Bridge Middle School)

CELLO

Carlyle Cornell (The Westminster Schools) Olivia Hwang (Georgia Connections Academy) Christian Phanhthourath (Wheeler High School) Ellen Heo (Providence Christian Academy) Vaideesh Kudumuri (Taylor Rd. Middle School) JD Yoo (Alpharetta High School) Diya Garrepally (Wheeler High School) Hollye Harris (Wheeler High School) Tavares Baker (Savannah Arts Academy) Tavares Baker (Savannah Arts Academy)

BASS

Haley Lindsay (Bay Creek Middle School) Jack Rich (Mill Creek High School) Clinton Stempien (Lambert High School) Peace Brand (The Waldorf School of Atlanta) Abhinav Kona (Walton High School) Ross Pope (North Gwinnett High School)

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