On behalf of the faculty, staff, and administration of the Wells School of Music at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, we are pleased to host the Philadelphia Wind Band Festival featuring incredible guest clinicians and ensemble performances! Special thanks to our hosts, Wells School of Music faculty, Dr. Andrew Yozviak, Dr. Hannah Morrison, and Dr. Adam Gumble.
West Chester University has a long tradition of producing great music and educating young musicians since the early 1920s. Offering programs in music education, performance, composition, conducting, theory, history, and music therapy to name a few, the Wells School of Music provides students with a wide variety of options at the undergraduate and graduate degree levels. Our close proximity to center city Philadelphia provides a rich cultural environment for our students and allows us to attract world-class faculty. In addition, West Chester, Pennsylvania is frequently rated as one of the best college towns in America!
We truly hope you enjoy your experience on our campus and encourage you to come back and visit us. Take a tour with our admissions staff or attend a shadow day and observe one of our thirty-nine ensembles. You can also see most of our concerts on Livestream, just go to our website www.wcupa.edu/music/ and click on the Livestream button to see upcoming events. Also, please consider participating in our WCU High School Summer Music Institute, detailed information can be found on our website, just click the “community and camps” tab. Best wishes for an inspirational festival!
Christopher Hanning West Chester University Dean, Wells School of Music
West Chester University | Swope Music Building
South High Street | West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383
Dear Participants and Audience Members,
The entire Music for All family welcomes you to this Music for All Affiliate Regional Music Festival. Thank you for participating and supporting this important music education event in your area. Congratulations to your hosts and support team for making this event happen. Your commitment to music-making and music education in your area is so important to the music education community!
Music for All believes in the power of music and music education. Music for All’s vision is to be a catalyst to ensure that every child across America has access and opportunity to participate in active music making in his or her scholastic environment. The Affiliate Regional Music Festival program supports that vision by serving approximately 30,000 students in 2024, despite the ongoing recovery from pandemic hardships that we continue to endure. These events support all that is good in music education in our country: students and directors growing and learning in a non-competitive, supportive atmosphere from world-class clinicians and adjudicators.
All of us at Music for All thank you for your continued support of music and music education, as well as Music for All events. You help us provide positively life-changing opportunities through your participation in this event and others. Your presence makes you part of the Music for All family.
Enjoy the music-making today!
Scott Casagrande Music for All Affiliate Regional Music Festival Coordinator
THE FESTIVAL
A Non-Competitive Performance Experience
Participating is the achievement! The Festival’s non-competitive atmosphere provides a place for growth, cooperative encouragement and mutual respect among music programs, students, parents, boosters and administrators. Directors select their own programs; there is no required repertoire. There are no ratings or rankings so directors and their ensembles are free to stretch themselves, reach for new heights, and strive for innovation, growth and excellence, instead of focusing on a rating or placing. Ensembles that perform at the Festival are recognized as being among the fnest in the United States.
Concert Performances & Clinics
Festival Performance Schedule
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
8:30 AM Lower Moreland, HS Wind Ensemble
9:15 AM Avon Grove HS Concert Band
10:00 AM Penncrest HS Wind Ensemble
10:45 AM Central Bucks East HS Wind Ensemble
2:30 AM Twin Valley HS Symphonic Band
3:15 PM Downingtown E. HS Symphonic Band
4:00 PM Pottsgrove HS Concert Band
4:45 PM Garnet Valley HS Wind Ensemble
Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall
8:15 AM Allen MS Concert Band
9:45 AM Hempfield HS Symphonic Band
12:45 PM FEATURED CONCERT
2:30 PM Strayer MS Wind Symphony
3:45 PM North Penn MS Wind Ensemble
Each ensemble performs a concert before a knowledgeable audience, including the Festival evaluation panel, music educators and fellow participants in Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre or Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall on the campus of West Chester University. Ensemble directors receive recorded and written comments from the evaluators. Following the performance, each invited ensemble receives an on stage clinic with the Festival Clinician and one other member of the evaluation panel.
Scheduled Observation
Concert observation time is scheduled and required for each ensemble, ensuring that all ensembles perform for a knowledgeable, appreciative audience who in turn enjoy outstanding performances of quality literature.
Featured Concert
All students will enjoy performances by the faculty of West Chester University and the Liberty Wind Symphony. This opportunity provides for interaction with outstanding performers whose insight and experience exemplify musical achievement.
Leadership Clinic
West Chester University’s Director of Athletic Bands, Dr. Adam Gumble, will lead participants in an engaging session designed to motivate young musicians and inspire their continued growth within your program.
Kirkpatrick Fanfare………………….……………………..Andrew Boysey Jr.
Sheltering Sky……………..……………………………………John Mackey
Procession of the Sorcerers………………………..…………Robert
PERSONNEL
Flute
Terrance Chen
Abigail Katsnelson
Hannah Kideckel
Justin Lee
Regina Stephen
Gabriella Truong
Desanii Williams
Vivian Yang
Terrance Zhang
Karen Zheng
Oboe
Rebecca Kideckel
Grace Kwon
Bass Clarinet
Sean Edwards
Clarinet
Willie Chen
Sophia Cherepakhin
Jazmyne Choi
Ethan Pachman
Ian Thomas
Madelyn Xiao
Alto Saxophone
Mariah Gazzara
Lindsay McShane
Rehan Rana
Scott Solar
Johnny Yang
Patrick Xie
Tenor Saxophone
Jessica Becker
Michael Bond
Ben Silva
Baritone Sax
Ari Manilov
Anabela Relvas
Trumpet
Ethan Abraham
Andrew Brown IV
Brinda Dass
Kevin Fay
Nicholas Gazzara
Zach Hwan
Joseph Kang
Gabrielle Kolibolotsky
Ella Leibert
Sergio Leite
French Horn
Jaydan Choi
Christie Kwon
Trombone
Nicholas Chen
Gavriel Hofkin
Jason Li
Max Spodik
Niles Zhang
Tuba
Kevin Choi
Jose Rivera
Percussion
Anna Akhobadze
Justin Cusack
Asher Kerrigan
Christine Mungiole
Jenna Nikhil
Mehtaab Singh
Jayden Vong
Karly Wen
AVON GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
CONCERT BAND
West Grove, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 9:15 AM
Michael Davino, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
PERSONNEL
Flute
Ava Aldana
Allister Brunnquell
Chaise Dixon
Anna Dubbs
Kacie Hilt
Dylan Hilt
Ella Holcombe
Hailey Jones
Mary Kate Kelmelis
Elissa McLean
Greta Poser
Mona Subramanian
Oboe
Miles Dickenson
Madi Hill
Clarinet
Isabelle Chrobak
Marilyn Dunlap
Lexi Weingarten
Christine Yu
Bass Clarinet
Myhailo Cox
Saxophone
Nika Ankin
Charles Barson
Lucy Burns
Savanna Hanson
Cecelia Karnes
Ellie Michael-Ruddy
Trumpet
Robert Donahue
Carter Earley
McKenzie Feller
Riley Hooper
William MacGregor
Luke Ramowski
Lyndon Taylor Cravero
Lars Trone
Audia Wolf
French Horn
Wesley Hetzler
Sophia Mon
Kathryn Spencer
Ryan Zhang
Trombone
Zachary Leicht
Jonah Maliakel
Fiona Miller
Jude Miller
Scott Terrizzi
Roarke White
Euphonium
Madeline Brown
Manuel Lopez Mendez
Caydren Wolf
Tuba
Leah Brown
Tristan Conlan
Percussion
Kaylie Diaz Gonzalex
Joseph Giordano
Ben Griffith
Aidan Heavener
James Hudak
Elijah Kretzmer
Anya Haley
Henry Merrill
Rolf O ffschanka
Giselle O ffschanka
Rishabh Panse
Sure Pedal
Jonas Peters
Jj Scheibe
PERFORMING ENSEMBLES
PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL
WIND ENSEMBLE
Media, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 10:00 AM
Craig Snyder, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
Hung Aloft the Night………………..…………..….………Anthony
PERSONNEL
Flute
Abbey Tang
Abby Ryan
Ranica Levin
Oboe
Dax Kaplan
Clarinet
Evan Menta
Angel Lusk
Connor Cao
Bass Clarinet
Kegan Clarke
Alto Sax
Lucas Velez
Austin Ernst
Rohan Gurney
Chris Teti
Tenor Sax
Evan Goldstein
Katie Loeper
Baritone Sax
Ben Helms-Johnson
Trumpet
Zachary Wahba
Griffin Pastino
Ethan Frey
Jack Malone
Nigel Steager
Trombone
Charles Davis
Michael Brechemin
Euphonium
Grace Sanford
Tuba
Owen Meo
Percussion
Eliam Bonilla
Nolan Doranz
Thomas Egan
Otis Eli
James Javic
Puneeth Ravi
Aidan Robinson
Zachary Smith
CENTRAL BUCKS HIGH SCHOOL EAST
WIND ENSEMBLE
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 10:45 AM
Jason Morehouse, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
Hymn for the Innocent…………………………………………..Julie Giroux
Havendance…………..………..………………….…………David Holsinger
PERSONNEL
Piccolo
Ankan Pal
Flute
Finn Kremer
Ale Moore
Clarinet
Jacob Cooper
Hanwen Hu
Lindsay Christie
Bass Clarinet
Morgan Levinson
Alto Saxophone
Carson Amtmann
Will Gray
Daisie Jurbala
Nora Okolichany
Baritone Saxophone
Aries Sandstrom
Trumpet
Nick Cunningham
Ellie Shalaby
Max Sinofsky
Ezekiel Horchheimer
Nolan Gertsberger
Aubrey Shuck
Declan Rose
French Horn
Nate Dempsey
Ewan Swidorski
Emily Hansberry
Jesica Mesiha
Trombone
Avery Donahoe
Tuba
Reagan (Finn) Smith
Bass
Marcus Hathaway
Percussion
Noelle Santiago
Andrew Suta
Aidan Santiago
Dan Schenkel
Shiloh Donahue
PERFORMING ENSEMBLES
TWIN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
SYMPHONIC
BAND
Elverson, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 2:30 PM
Robert Bennett, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
PERSONNEL
Piccolo
Kayla Maniscalco
Flute
Kayla Maniscalco
Sarah McGeady
Erica Ridl
Lilly Stellini
Megan Trost
Oboe
Lucia Costanzo
Elle Fry
Clarinet
Aubrey Werner
Penny Godfrey
Kyra Mauger
Charlotte Morrison
Shelby Mills
Ava Strzelecki
Aubrey Werner
Bassoon
Cecelia Skoniczin
Bass Clarinet
Kevin Bolt
Meg Shumate
Alto Saxophone
Payton Chapa
Madalynn Gerhart
Sophia Moyer
Tenor
Saxophone
Mason Mills
Bari Saxophone
Noah Reynolds
Trumpet
Gabriel Cambria
Luke O’Connell
Emilia Liszcz
Brayan Lewis
French Horn
Kaleb Chapa
Marissa Mills
Ellie Troxell
Trombone
Nathaniel Carter
Gavin Karczeski
Gabe Karczeski
Dominic Tolland
Jadyn Wirkus
Euphonium
Tessa Cote
Travis Hendricks
Evan O’Connell
Graham Stevens
Tuba
Jacob Croy
Adam George
Riley Williams
Percussion
Zach Bell
Victoria Batezell
Cecilia Luminella
Kai Crouch
Joe Coull
Devon George
Garrett Goodno
Jesse Hostetler
Jared Lane
Evan Leahy
Cody Shaeffer
DOWNINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST
SYMPHONIC
BAND
Exton, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 3:15 PM
Andrew German, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
PERSONNEL
Flute
Cara Grove
AJ Johnson
Anvita Kudaravalli
Jayden Lisk
Kaitlyn Stewart
Vivek Talisetty
Jackelyn Vuong-Dinh
Oboe
Sydney Greene
Leo Song
Clarinet
Neha Ananth
Kofi Amexo
Neha Dhillon
Jayden Lisk
Bass Clarinet
Leo Sun
Alto Saxophone
Aanya Desai
Nick LaPorte
Tenor
Saxophone
Lauren Iannacchione
Atticus Kazanjian
Baritone
Saxophone
Ethan Tucker
Trumpet
Nathan Carmichael
Madelyn Hansberger
Zachary Heath
Maddox Kaplan
Emily Perales
Jack Yenovkian
Horn
Quinton Wendt
Des Sheerin
Jayden Lisk
Trombone
Elizabeth Bell
Colm Dunlap
Alex Stachowiak
Samuel Wu
Euphonium
Ethan Colau
Tuba
Kofi Amexo
Vivek Talisetty
Percussion
Gabriel Dee
Mandi Dodds
Sean Glynn
Sydney Greene
Alison Auker
Tanner Kinne
Ryan Kluxen
Zara Kolomechuk
Des Sheerin
Em Shollenberger
Jackelyn Vuong-Dinh
Piano
Zara Kolomechuk
POTTSGROVE HIGH SCHOOL
CONCERT BAND
Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 4:00 PM
Ellie Zerefos, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
Second
PERSONNEL
Flute
Haley Harner
Lauren Houk
Kyra Lang
Angel Lin
Lily O'Brien
Lindsay Palmer
Julia Prindle
Machaeyla Reaser
Clarinet
Evelyn Bortner
Leah Coppa
Sophia Dang
Madison Diehl
Skylar Pysher
Morgan Fink
Robin O'Brien
Ezekiel Sheard
Jonathan Spadt
Alto Saxophone
Gienna Albright
Ray Gray
Shauna Kerlin
Mekhi Mitchell
Joseph Oberholtzer
Lily Sang Hauk
Tenor Saxophone
Kelsey Renner
Faith Derstine
Madison Wages
Bari Saxophone
Ava Reicher
Trumpet
Andrew Alessi
Rylie Eisenhard
Evania Hatley
Evan Long
Austin Matthews
Daniel VanHorn
Matthew Yankowski
Sara Yost
French Horn
Gavin Kerlin
Hannah Romberger
Trombone
Trenton Bechtel
Gavin Bur field
Kaden Hill
Aidan Hakes
Jacob Love
Euphonium
Natalie Shovelton
Tuba
Noah Vogel
Percussion
Caleb Blauvelt
Eden Clancy
Rubi Cutler
Alexa Foyle Darien
Horton
Christopher Houk
Han Kim
Giuliana Langton
Jerome Lelina
Giuliana Langton
CaeLyn Liebel
Luke Palladino
Jordan Raudenbush
GARNET VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
WIND ENSEMBLE
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre | 4:45 PM
Dr. Stephen Selfridge, Director
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
PERSONNEL
Flute
Nuha Ansar
Kyra Desai
Jayanth Gosu
Rakhee Patel
Catherine Qian
Trisha Srivastava
Charlotte Williams
Olivia Yong
Oboe
Grace Cintron
Bassoon
Morgan Diehl
Clarinet
Leah Consiglio
Marissa Czerwinsk
Juliana Dreyer
Veronika Duus
Shrish Katpadi
Sehyun Kim
Manas Varma Mahali
Jaclyn Markowitz
Gray Quick
Alto Saxophone
Euan Blake
Matthew Deng
Catherine Oakes
Daniel Sheehan
Tenor Saxophone
Matteo Davoine
Eliza Bilson
Sean Maloney
Baritone Sax
Jaydon Glatt
Luke Sims
Horn
Chase Craley
Trumpet
Amanda Bilson
Daniel Faragalli
Thomas Gallogly
Liam Gustave
Kaitlan Waterman
Brianna Whittaker
Trombone
Riley Brogan
Max David
Mason Goetcheus
Jaeger Kern
Cooper Smallwood
Euphonium
Zoe Maddren
Tuba
Hayley Atene
Nathan Lengel
Cooper Smallwood
Bass
Donovan Cintron
Percussion
Alexandra Bloodwell
Ethan Bohner
Zachary Crothamel
Clay Meyers
Ryan Nguyen
Aarav Parikh
Joshua Vance
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FACULTY
AND THE LIBERTY WIND SYMPHONY
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall | 12:45 PM
Andrew Yozviak, WCU Director of Bands
PERFORMANCE SELECTIONS
Escape………………………………………………………….. Kevin McKee
West Chester University Brass Faculty
Robert Skoniczin and Amy Cherry, trumpet; Elizabeth Pfaffle, horn
Daniel Cherry, trombone; Jonathan Fowler, tuba
Serenade in B-flat, K. 361 (I. Largo, II. Allegro molto)………..…………W.A. Mozart
Members of the Liberty Wind Symphony
An Improvisatory Set………………..……..………………… Various Artists
West Chester University Jazz Faculty
Jonathan Ragonese, saxophone; Peter Paulsen, bass; Christopher Hanning, drums
Bells for Stokowski……..……..………………………… Michael Daugherty
Liberty Wind Symphony
LIBERTY WIND SYMPHONY
Piccolo
Robert Carpency
Flute
Erica Hinchcliff
Morgan Turner
Oboe/English Horn
Lauren Sharick
Michael Langston
Clarinet
Brian Tracey
Terasa Pierontoni
Cassidy Miao
Cassidy O’Donnell
Bass Clarinets
Nadine Silverman
Brooke Ziemba
Bassoon
Joseph Plavin
Aaron Datsko
Saxophone
Elliot Stowman
Ethan Tweedie
Sara Powell
Benjamin Baron
Trumpet
Robert Skoniczin
Amy Cherry
Jeffrey Wohlbach
JC Dobrzelewski
Horn
Ellie O’Hare
Matthew Hontz
Elizabeth Ando
Elizabeth Pfaffle
Trombone
Daniel Cherry
Jason Stein
JJ Cooper
Euphonium
Tristan Roebuck
Jacob Springer
Tuba
Jonathan Fowler
Bass
Jack Harnish
Harp
Julianna Kocher
Guitar
Matthew Stolarski
Percussion
Vladimir Puskovitch
David Sabella
Craig DiGiamarino
Andrew Baldridge
LIBERTY YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY
SPRING HIGH SCHOOL HONOR S WIND ENSEMBLE
WHO ?
Any interested high school musician WHEN ? Rehearsals
Sunday, March 16, 2025 | 12:00-4:00
Sunday, March 30, 2025 | 12:00-6:00
Concert
Sunday, April 6, 2025 | 3:00
Dress Rehearsal | 12:00 noon
WHERE ?
Room 141
Swope Music Building on the campus of West Chester University
WHAT ?
A music experience sponsored by the Liberty Wind Symphony for talented high school musicians. The ensemble will be led by musical directors Dr. Adam Gumble and Dr. Hannah Morrison.
HOW DO I REGISTER ?
Registration can be completed on the Liberty Wind Symphony website by scanning the QR Code below or visiting the website at:
A participation fee of $250 can be processed through the Liberty Wind Symphony website or check mailed to:
Liberty Wind Symphony 540 Fawnhill Drive Langhorne, PA 19047
Email Dr. Andrew Yozviak with questions ayozviak@wcupa.edu
Guest Adjudicators and Clinicians
HOSTS AND CLINICIANS
Linda J. Gammon is the Virginia Winds Academy Junior Band director. Before assuming this position, she directed middle school bands in Fairfax County, VA, for over 30 years. Gammon is a native of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Gammon received her B.S. in Music Education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. degree in Conducting from George Mason University.
Under Gammon’s direction, her middle school bands enjoyed state, regional, and national recognition, including four appearances at the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) Professional Development Conferences and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (1993) (2000). Gammon and the Robinson Middle School Symphonic Band received the prestigious John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Silver Cup Award (1997), the highest honor bestowed on a middle school band program.
Gammon is an active adjudicator, guest conductor, clinician across the country, and an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association (2023). Gammon is a Past President of the VMEA, Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA), and Fairfax County Band Directors Association. Gammon also served as the VMEA State Executive for six years after retirement. Gammon is a recipient of the Women Band Directors International Scroll of Excellence (2003), the Virginia Outstanding Music Educator of the Year Award (2007), and the Fairfax County Band Director of the Year (2014). Gammon was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame (2018) and the VBODA Hall of Fame (2019) and has received the VBODA Phil Fuller Award for her contributions to music education in Virginia (2020). Gammon also has received the James Madison University Dr. Gary K. Ritcher Outstanding Service in Music Education Award (2021) and the VMEA Lifetime Achievement Award (2021).
Dr. Elizabeth Peterson, Emeritus Associate Director of Bands, joined the Illinois faculty in the fall of 2015. Dr. Peterson conducted the Illinois Wind Orchestra, served as the placement coordinator for student teachers, and teaches courses in instrumental conducting. Prior to her appointment at the University of Illinois, Peterson was a tenured professor of music education at the Ithaca College School of Music. During the seventeen years she spent at Ithaca College, Peterson conducted numerous ensembles including the Symphonic Band, Brass Choir, and All-Campus Band. She taught courses in conducting, undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, and supervised student teachers. Peterson was the co-conductor of the Ithaca Concert Band (community band) for ffteen years. Dr. Peterson’s research focuses on the experiences of frst-year teachers.
Dr. Peterson is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and school music consultant in the United States and Canada. She presents clinics at the local, state, and national levels in the feld of music education. Dr. Peterson’s two books, “The Music Teacher’s First Year: Tales of Challenge, Joy and Triumph,” and “The Music Teacher’s Later Years: Refection with Wisdom” are both published by Meredith Music.
Dr. Peterson received a Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Literature, Science and Arts degree from the University of Michigan where she studied trumpet with Armando Ghitalla. She received a Master of Music degree in Music Education and Trumpet Performance from Northwestern University, where she studied trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz, and performed in the North Shore Community Band under the direction of John P. Paynter. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education from Shenandoah Conservatory.
Prior to her appointment at Ithaca College, Dr. Peterson was an arts administrator and director of bands in the public schools of Ohio and Illinois. Dr. Peterson holds a number of professional memberships including the College Band Directors National Association, The National Association for Music Education, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Peterson is a member the American Bandmasters Association and the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors.
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HOSTS AND CLINICIANS
Dr. Kyle R. Glaser serves as the Associate Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Texas State University. His responsibilities include conducting the Symphonic Winds, overseeing all athletic bands, and teaching various methods classes. He holds a Doctor of Music degree in Conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, a Master of Music degree in Conducting from Rutgers University, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to his appointment at Texas State, Glaser served as the Director of Bands at the East Stroudsburg Area South High School in northeastern Pennsylvania and as the interim director of the East Stroudsburg University Concert Band.
Glaser maintains an active schedule as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator across the nation. His signifcant research of the music of Robert Russell Bennett has resulted in a performance edition of the wind band suite Down to the Sea in Ships issued by Alfred Publications. He is co-author of the workbook Conducting Enrichment: Daily Exercises for the Conducting Curriculum, published by Sentia Publishing. Additionally, Glaser has contributed several chapters to the GIA Publications Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series. From 2017-2019 he served as the national vice president for professional relations for Tau Beta Sigma, the national band sorority. In 2022 Glaser was appointed as the Music Director of the Austin Symphonic Band, the official band of the City of Austin.
Glaser's professional memberships include the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Association for Music Education, the Texas Music Educators Association,
Dr. Joseph Parisi is a Curator’s Professor at the UMKC Conservatory where he conducts the Conservatory Wind Ensemble and serves as a conducting and music education faculty member. Parisi is recognized globally for his work as a clinician, conductor, performing artist, pedagogue, and scholar. As Parisi embarks on his 20th year at the UMKC Conservatory, he continues collaborating with renowned artists, commissioning new pieces for wind ensemble, chamber winds, symphonic brass, and soloists. He has an extensive recording dossier as a performer and conductor and is recognized, as “a vibrant force on the podium, who inspires all of the musicians under his baton. He is a wonderfully collaborative person whose energy is infectious” – David Hickman, Summit Brass.
Parisi is the principal conductor of Summit Brass at the Rafael Méndez Brass Institute (www.mendezbrassinstitute.com) and the Fountain City Brass Band (www.fcbb.net), and it is through his work with these ensembles that Parisi is recognized as one of the country’s leading conductors. Fountain City Brass Band currently leads the United States as one of the world’s top brass bands and is currently ranked as the 15th best brass band in the world, the highest-ranked American Band in history. Fountain City has recorded many albums and their newest recording, Celtic Impressions, has received widespread praise for its ensemble precision, excitement, and musicality
Dr. Parisi completed a bachelor’s degree in music education at the State University of New York at Potsdam (Crane School of Music); a master’s degree in trumpet performance and a Ph.D. in instrumental conducting/music education, both from Florida State University. While at the UMKC Conservatory, Parisi has won numerous awards including, the Kauffman Excellence in Teaching Award, the Kauffman Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, and the Kauffman Outstanding Service Award.
Philadelphia Wind Band Festival Hosts and Staff
Dr. Andrew Yozviak is the Director of Bands in the Wells School of Music at West Chester University. His primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds as well as teaching graduate conducting classes. Prior to this appointment, Yozviak taught thirteen years in the Pennsylvania public schools. Yozviak has earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music in Composition from Indiana University, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting from Rutgers University where he studied with William Berz.
Under Yozviak’s leadership, West Chester University wind bands have performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and were featured in a performance in the Music Hall of the Chinese National Library as part of the 2018 Beijing International Arts Festival. Appearances of note have included CBDNA National and Divisional conferences, the 2014 International Trumpet Guild Conference, the 2015 International Horn Society Conference, and regular appearances at PMEA and NAfME Conferences. Dr. Yozviak’s commitment to preservation and dissemination of wind music has resulted in an annual recording project that has yielded twelve commercial recordings including ffteen world premiere releases.
As a composer, Yozviak has accepted commissions to compose and arrange music in a variety of genres including works for winds, chorus, jazz ensemble, and chamber ensembles. Yozviak’s work as an arranger has yielded more than three hundred marching band shows for high school and university bands, drum and bugle corps and arrangements for NFL Films. His works are published by Northeast Music Publications, Center X Productions and Amadeus Verlag, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Yozviak is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Beta Mu and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity, Tau Beta Sigma sorority and Sigma Alpha sorority.
Yozviak lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania with his wife Elizabeth Pfaffle and 8-year old son Joseph where they enjoy cooking, home renovation, LEGOS and Roblox!
Dr. Hannah C. Morrison is the Associate Director of Bands at West Chester University. Dr. Morrison’s primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Symphony, assisting the “INCOMPARABLE” Golden Rams Marching Band, and teaching graduate and undergraduate conducting classes. Dr. Morrison holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory (UMKC), where she studied with Steven D. Davis and Joseph Parisi. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Instrumental Conducting and a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Baylor University, where she studied with J. Eric Wilson and Isaiah Odajima.
Dr. Morrison is highly sought after as a collaborator, with experience conducting wind ensembles, chamber ensembles, new music ensembles, and athletic bands. In the spring of 2024, she pioneered a chamber winds outreach concert at UMKC performing for approximately 1,000 elementary students across Kansas City. Dr. Morrison was selected for the National Band Association Young Composer/Conductor Mentor Project, guest conducting the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C.
HOSTS AND CLINICIANS
Dr. Morrison serves as the Director of the Intermediate Wind Symphony at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Before her graduate studies, she worked as a band director in the Dallas Metro schools at Lamar Middle School and as a horn instructor and brass pedagogy specialist with the Marcus High School Band.
Through ensembles at Interlochen and the Disneyland All-American College Band, Dr. Morrison performed on horn with notable artists such as Brad Gemeinhardt (Principal Horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and Wayne Bergeron (trumpet soloist). As an arranger, Dr. Morrison has written for numerous athletic bands and developed outstanding conducting pedagogy reductions for the Kansas City Conducting Symposium, featuring music by Jennifer Higdon, Chen Yi, Roshanne Etezady, and Zhou Tian.
Dr. Morrison is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
Dr. Adam J. Gumble is the Director of Athletic Bands at West Chester University. Dr. Gumble’s primary responsibilities include directing the 338-member “INCOMPARABLE” Golden Rams Marching Band, “Sixth Man” Basketball Band, WCU Concert Band, and undergraduate conducting courses. Since arriving at West Chester University, the “RamBand” has performed in featured exhibitions at the Bands of America Grand National Championships, USBands National Championships, was named the recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy (the “Heisman Trophy” for collegiate marching bands), and has performed halftime shows at National Football League Playoff games. Most recently, the RamBand had the honor of performing in the 2024 Rose Parade® in Pasadena, California.
Dr. Gumble is an in-demand guest conductor, rehearsal clinician, recording producer, ensemble adjudicator, and conference presenter. He serves on the Advisory Board for the National Association for Music Education’s Teaching Music Magazine and serves as the Director of Educational Programming for Vivace Productions, Incorporated. Prior to his appointment at West Chester University, Dr. Gumble taught for 13 years in Pennsylvania public schools.
Dr. Gumble holds degrees in Music Education (BM, MM), Wind Conducting (MM), and Educational Policy, Planning, and Administration (Ed.D). He is a member of the Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association for Music Education, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Tau Beta Sigma.
West Chester University Wind Band Graduate Assistants
Evan Gartner
Vladimir Puskovitch
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WIND BAND CONDUCTING SYMPOSIUM
July 14 - 18, 2025
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Guest Clinicians
Steven Davis Director of Bands University of Missouri
Symposium Overview
The West Chester University Summer Wind Conducting Symposium is designed to provide musicians the opportunity to sharpen conducting skills, strengthen score study techniques, broaden knowledge of wind literature and refine rehearsal strategies.
Students may participate in the symposium in one of two different levels. Conducting participants will conduct chamber ensembles during the morning sessions and a full wind ensemble in the afternoon. Participation at this level will be limited to the first fourteen applicants with paid deposits. Observers will be engaged in all of the day’s activities but will not conduct the ensembles.
Additional information is available at www.wcupa.edu/music/WindConducting.aspx, or email Dr. Andrew Yozviak ayozviak@wcupa.edu with questions.
Daily Schedule
Monday, July 14, 2025
8:00 AM Registration
Monday - Friday, July 14-18, 2025
9:00 AM Morning Seminar
10:00 Morning Chamber Conducting
12:00 noon Lunch
1:30 Afternoon Seminar
2:30 Full Wind Band Conducting
Friday, July 18, 2025
6:00 PM Symposium Concludes
Repertoire
Morning Chamber Works
Old Wine in New Bottles Gordon Jacob
Oxford University Press
Nocturno, Op. 24 Felix Mendelssohn
Bärenreiter Verlag
Afternoon Band Classics
Tuttarana Reena Esmail
Murphy Music Press
Parhelion Roshanne Etezady
Murphy Music Press
First Suite in E-flat Gustav Holst Boosey and Hawkes, ed. Matthews
Adoration Florence Price ed. Williams
Murphy Music Press
Contact and Information
Additional information can be accessed online at: https://www.wcupa.edu/music/WindConducting.aspx
Contact Dr. Andrew Yozviak at ayozviak@wcupa.edu with questions.
Registration and payment can be made online at: https://www.wcupa.edu/music/WindConducting.aspx
Participants will be selected in order of date of paid deposit.
*University credit is available at an additional fee. Contact Dr. Yozviak for additional Information.
*Students taking the course for university credit must enroll as a conducting participant
Housing
There are several hotels in close proximity to West Chester University. Those noted below represent a partial listing. More comprehensive housing information can be found at https://www.wcupa.edu/music/ wsmi.aspx including links to budget-friendly on-campus housing options.
Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center (.6 mi) 943 South High Street West Chester, PA 19382 610-692-1900
Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndam West Chester (.8 mi) 500 Willowbrook Lane West Chester, PA 19382 610-674-1224
Hotel Warner (1.0 mi) 120 N High St West Chester, PA 19380 (610) 692-6920
Holiday Inn Express and Suites West Chester (3.4 mi) 1310 Wilmington Pike West Chester, PA 19382 610-399-4600
Sheraton Great Valley Hotel (9.5 mi) 707 East Lancaster Avenue Frazer, PA 19355 610-524-5500
