Friday, April 11 Concert Bands Saturday, April 12 Jazz Bands Friday

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The Columbia Basin College Music Department Presents:
Friday, April 11
Concert Bands
Saturday, April 12
Jazz Bands
Friday, April 18
Concert Choirs
Saturday, April, 19
Jazz Choirs
F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N V I S I T U S AT
COLUMBIABASIN.EDU/JAZZUNLIMITED OR CALL 509.542.5531.
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April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19
CBC’s Dave Cazier, Dr. Bryant Smith
Randy Hubbs, Bill McKay, & Maria Allan
have put in a full year of work in bringing together . . .
4,500
high school musicians
28
concert bands
38
jazz bands
37
concert choirs
24
jazz choirs
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Rich Cummins
Welcome to Jazz Unlimited 2014, the premier student jazz event
in the entire Northwest. More than 4,000 student performers
from three states are competing and celebrating in America’s
only original art form. This 42nd year of Jazz Unlimited is made
possible by the Columbia Basin College music faculty and staff
for this vital student learning experience through adjudicated
competition in both instrumental and vocal music.
So sit back and let your soul envelop the great sounds of jazz
ensemble, vocal ensemble, choirs, and bands from these young
musicians. We’re glad you’re here!
Rich Cummins
President, Columbia Basin College
Bill McKay
Welcome to Jazz Unlimited 2014! We are honored to have you
on our campus for two weekends of competitions, clinics, and
concerts. The Department of Music at CBC strives to make Jazz
Unlimited an educational experience that provides inspiration as
well as the opportunity to meet fellow musicians. The level of
performance continues to grow and astound all of us each year.
I hope you all take the opportunity to attend as many performances as you can during your stay with us. It is also my pleasure
to welcome to our campus Bruce Babad, who will be appearing
with the Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra. Additionally, the CD release concert presented by CBC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, FreeForm
is always an enjoyable and inspiring concert. We hope you will
have the chance to pick up one of the CDs by the CBC Jazz Ensemble as well as FreeForm.
I also want to take this opportunity to introduce Dr. Bryant Smith
to the participants of Jazz Unlimited. We are so happy to have
him as part of our faculty. Dr. Smith is the director of the CBC
Jazz Ensemble, the assistant director of the Columbia Basin Concert Band and teaches our First-Year Theory
sequence, Music Appreciation, and applied instruction.
Please enjoy your time at CBC and I wish you the best of luck in all of your events. I also want to thank Randy
Hubbs, Dave Cazier, Bryant Smith, Maria Allan and our numerous student workers for all of the effort they put
in during the year to make this event happen at CBC.
Sincerely,
Bill McKay
Dean of Arts and Humanities
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Performance Schedule
April 11
Concert Band Festival
7:30 AM-6 PM, CBC Theatre & Gjerde Center
Guest Artist Concert:
Bruce Babad & The Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra,
under the direction of Randy Hubbs.
Also appearing, the CBC Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Bryant Smith
7:30 PM, Pasco – Auditorium – Chiawana High School
$15 General, $10 Students & Seniors
April 12
Jazz Band Festival and Competition
7:20 AM-5 PM, CBC Theatre, HUB & Gjerde Center
CBC Jazz Ensemble with guest artist Bruce Babad Clinic/Concert
12:00 Noon, Gjerde Center
April 17
FreeForm CD Release Concert
7:30 PM, CBC Theatre. Free to the public.
CBC’s acclaimed jazz choir releases their newest CD with a live concert. CD’s will be available for $10.
April 18
Concert Choir Festival and Competition
8 AM-5 PM CBC Theatre & Gjerde Center
Concert Choir Finals Concert
7PM, Kennewick High School Auditorium. Free to the public.
(Hosted by the Kennewick High School Choirs)
April 19
Jazz Choir Festival and Competition
8 AM-5 PM, CBC Theatre & Gjerde Center
Please de monstrate respect and courtesy to those groups performing.
Do not leave or enter performance areas while a group is performing,
and remain quiet during performances.
Thank you!
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Instrumental Festival Judges
CHRIS BRUYA
JOHN HARBAUGH
Central Washington University
Chris Bruya has been at the forefront
of jazz education for over 26 years at
multiple levels in the jazz ecosystem.
In his current position as Director of
Jazz Studies at Central Washington
University, he has pioneered a hybrid improvisation sequence that
develops a student’s ear and inner
voice, has developed the small
group program in both traditional and creative genres
(appearance at 2013 JEN Conference, Atlanta, GA), and
has succeeded in placing the big band program on the
same level as many of the most prestigious programs in the
country, performing at the Montreux, North Sea and Next
Generation (Monterey) jazz festivals, and in January 2012
at the Jazz Educators Network Conference in Kentucky.
A 2008 CWU Jazz Band CD In A Mellow Tone (SeaBreeze
Records) was cited by Jazz Times critic Scott Yanow as
“consistently impressive and well worth hearing”. Chris
has served on the state music educator boards and was
an IAJE president of both Washington state and Oregon
and has organized state and Northwest jazz ensembles
numerous times. Chris’ presentations at state and Northwest conventions have brought numerous accolades and
he is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout
the Northwest and beyond. He has shared the stage with
some true heavyweights of today, including Terell Stafford, Gary Hobbs, Ingrid Jensen, Nancy King, Dave Pietro,
Mike Longo, David Friesen, Wycliffe Gordon, and more.
John Harbaugh’s history and experience in the jazz idiom is extensive.
Since his days as an undergraduate
performing in the winning band and
being selected as a outstanding jazz
soloist at the Wichita Jazz Festival
to his current position as Director
of Jazz two at CWU.
He has degrees from schools with
nationally acclaimed jazz programs, a BA from University of Northern Iowa, MME from theUniversity of North
Texas ( lead trumpet in the 2 o’clock band) and 40 hours
on a Doctorate at Indiana University ( lead trumpet in
David Baker’s premiere jazz ensemble). He has studied
jazz improvisation with Rich Matteson, Ashley Alexander, and David Baker. During his career he has directed
college bands that have been invited to perform at the
North Sea, Montreux, and was selected from a national
pool to have his group be one of only ten to compete
at the Notre Dame Jazz festival. His professional career
includes a US and British Isles tour with Buddy Rich, two
years touring the US, Japan, and Europe with Paul Anka,
two years touring the US, Canada, and Britain with Tom
Jones, as well as working most of the shows in Las Vegas
during the mid 1980s. He can be heard as a jazz soloist
with the London Symphony on “Powell Canyons”, in the
trumpet section on four Ashley Alexander /Frank Mantooth recordings, and 2009 Drum Channel DVD “Buddy
Rich up close”. He has been involved in three Grammy
nominated productions and on one Dove award winning
recording. He has recorded educational jazz material for
Barnhouse and Music Minus One publications
GARY GEMBERLING
Whitman College
Gary Gemberling has performed
with The Russ Morgan Orchestra,
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Lou Rawls,
Claudio Roditi, The Temptations,
Lionel Hampton New York Big Band,
Dee Daniels, Frank Sinatra Jr., and
toured nationally with Broadway
musicals. He has performed as guest
artist with the Spokane Symphony
Orchestra and Spokane Jazz Orchestra and played a
leading role in the Idaho Repertory Theatre production
of “My Way, A Tribute To Frank Sinatra.” Gary also spent
several years performing at Walt Disney World and Busch
Gardens Theme Parks. Gemberling continues to perform
with several jazz combos and big bands and stays busy
with his work as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest artist
throughout the northwest. He is currently Professor of
Music at Whitman College in Walla Walla.
He has perform in groups backing up artists like, Mel
Torme, Gerry Mulligan, Anita ODay, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Bob Newhart, Woody Herman, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Hope, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, and Lionel
Hampton to name only a few.
He continues to work having recently played in pit orchestras for touring Broadway shows like, 9 to 5, The Color
Purple, Disney’s High School Musical, and South Pacific.
He brings wealth of knowledge and experience when
he works as a clinician, an adjudicator, and or performer.
He is currently a faculty member at Central Washington
University teaching applied trumpet, coaching trumpet
choir, and directing the second jazz band. He serves as a
faculty member of the Yellowstone Jazz camp, a clinician
for Conn /Selmer Corporation, and as a member of the
advisory committee for the National Trumpet Competition. You can view his website at http://www.cwu.edu/
music/john-harbaugh.
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DR. GEOFFREY HAYDON
MARK LANE
Georgia State University
As a performer, composer, arranger,
and educator, Dr. Geoffrey Haydon
has successfully bridged both the
classical and jazz styles. Known as
a classical and jazz artist, he has
received rave reviews in his solo,
chamber, and concerto performances
given throughout the USA, in Europe, Russia, China, Japan, South
America, and Central America. He is also in demand as a
clinician and adjudicator. Dr. Haydon also regularly performs
with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and has performed with
touring shows including The Phantom of the Opera, The
Producers and most recently Sophisticated Ladies at the
Cobb Civic Center. He has numerous publications with
Alfred Publishing, Warner Bros., Stipes Publishing and is
co-author of Jazz History Overview, a textbook by Kendall
Hunt Publishing. Dr. Haydon can be heard on Gershwin
Plus – Piano Solos and Novelty Arrangements, a solo
piano CD of George Gershwin’s music available on the
ACA Digital label. Dr. Haydon has articles published in
Clavier Companion and is an artist/clinician with RolandUS. Currently, Dr. Haydon coordinates the piano faculty
at Georgia State
Mark Lane is the Associate Director
of Bands and Associate Professor of Music Education at Central
Washington University. Previously,
he taught high school for 27 years
in both Oregon and Washington.
Mark holds a BA from EWU and a MA
from the UO. He has served on both
the OMEA and WMEA Boards and
is the past President of the Washington Music Education
Association. He is currently President of the Northwest
Division of the National Association for Music Education.
Mr. Lane was awarded Educator of the Year five times
and has received two Citations of Excellence from the
NBA. In 2001, Mark was inducted into the Sudler Order
of Merit of the John Phillip Sousa Foundation. His bands
have performed at conferences in both Oregon and
Washington. In addition, his groups have performed twice
in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade and twice
at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival.
Mark was recently inducted into the Washington Music
Educators Hall of Fame. .
MARTIN SPENCER
University of Idaho
DAVE JARVIS
Spencer Martin holds the Director
of Athletic Bands position at the
University of Idaho where he conducts the Vandal Marching Band,
Basketball Bands, Jazz Band III, and
Concert Band. As head of Percussion Studies at Whitman College
in Walla Walla, Washington since
2000, Spencer also served as Director of Bands at Sage Valley Middle School and Associate
Director of Bands at Vallivue High School from 2008-2012.
Washington state University
David Jarvis is a Professor of Music/
Composer and the Coordinator of
Percussion Studies at Washington
State University and has performed
internationally in both classical and
jazz arenas. He is one of the members
of Nighthawk and Jazz Northwest
(The WSU Faculty Jazz Groups) and
has traveled around the country
giving workshops and clinics in jazz performance. He was
principal timpanist with the Washington-Idaho Symphony
for over 20 years and still the principal percussionist for
the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra. He is the
co-founder of the popular jazz group, the Dozier-Jarvis
Trio in addition to co-member of the trumpet/percussion
duo, Cameradschaft and specializes in solo literature written for percussion and electronic sound. Prof. Jarvis is a
member of the Percussive Arts Society, MENC, ASCAP,
and an artist/clinician for the Yamaha Corporation. His
compositions are published by Southern Music Company,
Honeyrock Publishing Company, Activist Music and C.
Alan Publications.
Of Basque decent, Spencer performs internationally as a
founding member of the Basque-American musical group,
Amuma Says No. Before recent tours of Spain and France,
his ensemble was featured at Ellis Island in NYC and at
both the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C. Spencer also teaches the ancient
Basque percussion instrument Txalaparta, presenting for
the American Folklore Society and being awarded the
state of Idaho’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant.
Spencer holds the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music
degrees in Percussion Performance and Pedagogy from the
University of Idaho. He has served as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,
Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.
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RUSS NEWBURY
JAMES RICE
Pasco School District
Inglemoor High School
Russ Newbury is currently the Visual
and Performing Arts Facilitator for
the Pasco School District in Pasco,
Washington. During Russ’s tenure
as both band director and facilitator, the Pasco School District has
been recognized numerous times as
one of the “Best Communities” for
support of music education in the
United States by music industry and education partners
NAMM and NaFme. Prior to his current assignment, Russ
served as the Director of Bands at Pasco High School
and Bozeman High School in Bozeman, Montana where
his performing ensembles were among the top groups
in festivals and competitions throughout the northwest.
Jim Rice is an Orchestra, Band and
Jazz Band Director at Inglemoor
High School in the Northshore
School District of Washington state.
He is also an affiliate teacher of the
Woodring College of Education at
Western Washington University and
Everett Community College, and
has been the Music Director and
Conductor of the Everett Youth Symphony and a brass
coach for the Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestras. Mr.
Rice, an avid proponent of a well balanced music program,
has had outstanding groups, earning consistent superior
or first place ratings in all areas of instrumental music
performance, involving concert, jazz, marching, and small
ensembles in each school music program in which he has
taught. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Central
Washington University with a B.A. Ed. in Music, and has
earned a M.A. in Music from the University of Washington.
Russ has served as the music arranger for the Blue Knights
Drum and Bugle Corps, the Seattle Cascades, and the
Spokane Thunder. Russ maintains an active schedule
writing original works for concert band, jazz ensemble,
and marching band along with a variety of commission
projects for groups of all ages. Recent projects include
“Fanfare to the Great Hall” for band, chorus, and orchestra
written to commemorate the grand opening of the new
performing arts center at Ferris High School in January
2014. WINDOWS, was written for the Hanford High School
Wind Ensemble to be premiered at the “Music for All”
festival in Indianapolis in March 2014. Russ’s Cantabile for
orchestra was performed in Carnegie Hall in New York in
1997, and his Sonata for Flute and Piano is currently being
performed internationally, having been recently published
through ALRY Publications.
In addition to his teaching assignments, Jim Rice is the
Past-President of the Northwest Division of NAfME: The
National Association for Music Education, and has served
as Vice-President of the Washington Music Educators
Association. In 2008, he was selected as a candidate for
MENC National President. As a member of the MENC
National Executive Board, Rice served as chair of the
Partnership Review Committee, member of the Centennial
Planning Committee and National Conventions Selection
Task Force, and was board liaison to CMENC, Society for
General Music and General Music Today. He has served as
the Chair of the MENC Society for Orchestra Education,
the Organizing Chair of the 2007 MENC Biennial Northwest Division In-service Conference, the Coordinating
Chair of the 2005 MENC All-Northwest Honor Groups
and the 2002 WMEA All-State Honor Groups, as well as
the organizing chair of the 1997 MENC All-Northwest
Orchestra, and the 1990 WMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble.
Rice was inducted into the WMEA Hall of Fame in 2008,
the Northwest Bandmasters Association in 2010, and in
2011 was honored to receive the MENC Northwest Division
Distinguished Service Award. In 2010, he was recognized
by Central Washington University as an Outstanding Alumnus. Rice has served on several comprehensive curriculum
development committees, and is active throughout the
western states and Canada as an adjudicator/clinician,
conducting the Wyoming All-State Orchestra in 2007 and
the Washington All-State Junior Orchestra in 2011. He
also has served as congregational chairman, elder, music
committee member, and choir member at his church. He
and his wife, Donna, have two children, Rachel, elementary
music specialist at Fall City Elementary School in the Snoqualmie Valley School District, and Rebecca, elementary
music specialist at Canyon Creek Elementary School in
the Northshore School District.
Russ has been active as a clinician throughout the United
States and Canada and currently resides in Pasco with his
wife, Loralee.
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LEE SHOOK
VANESSA SIELERT
Whitworth University and
Northwood Middle School
University of Idaho
Vanessa Sielert is Associate Professor of Saxophone at the Lionel
Hampton School of Music at the
University of Idaho. She has also
served on the faculties of Pacific
Lutheran University, Seattle Pacific
University, and the University of
Southern Illinois. Vanessa received
a Bachelor of Music in music education and saxophone performance from the University
of Idaho, a Master of Music in Saxophone Performance
from Baylor University and a Doctor of Musical Arts in
saxophone performance from the University of Illinois.
She has studied saxophone with Robert Miller, Michael
Jacobson, and Debra Richtmeyer.
Lee Shook has served as a music educator for 40 years and recently retired
as director of bands at Northwood
M.S. in the Mead School District.
He is a graduate of Kennewick HS,
Gonzaga University and The Lionel
Hampton School of Music and is
former director of bands at Central
Valley H.S. and University H.S. Mr. Shook has also served
as Wind Symphony conductor at Whitworth University.
Lee Shook is currently teaching music education courses
at Gonzaga University and Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. He is active as a clinician, guest conductor and
composer. His compositions for band are published by
PDFbandmusic.com.
Vanessa has performed with a wide range of ensembles
including the Palouse Jazz Project, the Emerald City Jazz
Orchestra, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, the Federal
Way Symphony, Orchestra Seattle and the Civic Orchestra
of Chicago. As a member of the Millennium Saxophone
Quartet, she was a medal winner at the prestigious Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. She has performed
as a soloist and quartet member at conferences of the
North American Saxophone Alliance and at meetings of
the World Saxophone Congress.
Mr. Shook is a recipient of the American Band Masters
“Citation for Excellence” and is a member of the WMEA
Hall of Fame.
In 2006, she founded the Free Range Saxophone Quartet.
Their first CD, Fireflies, was released on Origin Classical
Records in 2011. She can be heard on several other recent
recordings, including The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle
Mays, Vol. 2with the Bob Curnow Big Band, Come Rain
or Come Shine with the Emerald City Jazz Orchestra,
In Progress, with the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, From
There to Herewith the Vern Sielert Dektet, and America’s
Tribute to Adolphe Sax, Vol. XIII and XIV. Her most recent
project,duality, is a saxophone/piano duo with colleague
Kristin Elgersma. As an advocate of new music, she has
commissioned numerous compositions for saxophone,
including a concerto by Kenneth Fuchs to be performed
with several area high school bands this spring.
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ROB TAPPER
University of Montana
Rob Tapper is Professor of Trombone and Director of Jazz Studies
at the University of Montana where
he coordinates the UM Jazz Festival, four big bands, eight small
groups, an undergraduate jazz
degree along with the trombone
studio. A relentless advocate for
music education, Rob was awarded
a Washington State (2008) Teacher of the Year Award, was
inducted into the WMEA Hall of Fame (2012) and has also
received a Spokane Arts Commission “Contributions to
Education” Award. As an active performer and teacher in
both classical and jazz idioms he has performed, adjudicated and recorded at many festivals, concert halls, and
conferences in orchestral, jazz, and commercial settings
around the United States, Europe, and Canada. Rob is
currently Principal Trombone in the Missoula Symphony
and has degrees in Music Education (UNH) and Jazz and
Commercial Media (Eastman). Rob is a Getzen clinician
and plays Getzen trombones exclusively.
GREG YASINITSKY
Washington state University
Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Regents
Professor of Music and Director of
the Washington state University
School of Music, has an international reputation as a composer,
arranger, and saxophonist. A recipient of grants and awards from the
National Endowment for the Arts,
The Commission Project, Artist
Trust and ASCAP, Yasinitsky has performed with Randy
Brecker, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles,
Louis Bellson, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, and Lou Rawls.
Yasinitsky has written music especially for David Sanborn,
Clark Terry, and David Liebman with over 185 musical
works published which are performed in more than thirty
countries. Yasinitsky is a member of the Washington Music
Educators Hall of Fame, a recipient of WSU’s top award
for faculty, the Eminent Faculty Award, and his compositions and saxophone playing are featured on over 40 CD
recordings. Under Yasinitsky›s leadership, the WSU Jazz
Studies Program has received widespread recognition
including awards from Downbeat Magazine, invitations
to perform at prestigious conferences, and top awards at
major festivals. Yasinitsky is a Yamaha Performing Artist
and JodyJazz Artist.
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Vocal Festival Judges
conducting and leadership. His arrangements are available through UNC Jazz Press. Dr. Eychaner is in demand
as a clinician presenting workshop and interest session
presentations across the country on diverse topics including vocal pedagogy, rehearsal techniques, choral artistry,
and conducting. He presented at the Eastern, Western
and Southwestern ACDA division conventions this year.
Eychaner is frequently engaged as a guest conductor of
honor choirs and has led Colorado ensembles including
the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, Denver Brass, and the Littleton Symphony. He
conducted the Kentucky Jr. High Allstate choir in 2014.
LONNIE CLINE
Clackamas Community College
Lonnie Cline is enjoying retirement
after 33 years as Conductor of Classical Choral Music and Director of
Vocal Jazz Studies at Clackamas
Community College in Oregon City,
Oregon. During Mr. Cline’s tenure
at CCC, the Vocal Jazz Ensembles
and Chamber Choirs have received
numerous honors at various festivals and events.CCC vocal groups have performed in the
U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe. Most recently, the
ChamberChoir and Vocal Jazz ensembles toured Europe
and performed in Tallinn, Estonia, at the World Estonian
Friendship Song and Dance Festival.CCC’s premier vocal
jazz group, Mainstream, tours regularly, has appeared at
IAJE and OMEA conventions, and has released several
highly acclaimed CDs. Over the past 36 years, Mr. Cline
has served as adjudicator/clinician here and abroad. In
1998, he served as a Jazz educator in residence at the
GeorgOtsa Music School in the European Baltic country
of Estonia. Mr. Cline is also the recipient of a Spirit of Jazz
Award from the Salem Jazz Festival.
Eychaner is in his fifth season as the Artistic Director of
the Colorado Chorale, an exceptional group of choral
musicians that perform great choral works of all times and
style with a focus on masterworks of the Western tradition.
The Chorale presented their ‘Music For Life’ concert in
February of 2012 providing an opportunity for 350 Colorado high school students to sing Mozart’s Requiem on the
Boettcher concert hall stage. Frank serves the Colorado
choral community as the President-Elect of the College
and University Council of the Colorado Music Educators
Association and the Membership chair of the Colorado
chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, a
position he has held since 2006.
When not making music, Frank enjoys spending time with
Karen, his wife of 22 years, and their three children. In the
summertime, he can be found knee deep in a mountain
river with fly rod in hand.
DR. FRANK EYCHANER
Colorado Christian University
Dr. Frank F. Eychaner is the Director
of Choral Studies and Music Education at Colorado Christian University
since 2006 where the University
choral program has quickly attained
regional distinction. He completed
his BA in Music Education and the
MA in Choral Conducting at Central
Washington University under the
supervision of Geoffrey Boers. Eychaner received the DMA
in Choral Conducting from the University of Kentucky
where he worked with Jefferson Johnson.
JOHN HAMILTON
Self Employed
John Hamilton has taught vocal music
in the public schools for twenty-one
years. He graduated Cum Laude
from Central Washington University
with a Bachelor’s degree in Music
Education in 1992 and recently
completed his Master of Music in
Choral Conducting at California
State University, Los Angeles in
March of 2013. In the fall of 2014, Mr. Hamilton will be
attending Florida State University to pursue a Ph.D. in
Music Education with an emphasis in Choral conducting.
In addition to his work at the University, Frank has directed
church and community choirs, taught at the Jr. College
level and for five years at Centennial High School in
Boise, ID. Choirs under Eychaner’s direction consistently
distinguish themselves through excellence both on and
off-stage. They have been invited to appear at both regional conventions of the ACDA and numerous NAfME
state conventions including Colorado, Oregon, and Utah.
The number of singers at Colorado Christian University
has doubled since 2006 and 14 percent of the University
undergraduates are enrolled in choirs.
Ensembles under Mr. Hamilton’s direction have taken top
honors at choral and vocal jazz festivals throughout the
United States and have performed for the I.A.J.E., as well
as state and regional M.E.N.C. & regional and national
A.C.D.A. conventions. The Hamilton High School Vocal
Jazz Ensemble was awarded the National “Downbeat”
Award for best high school vocal jazz ensemble seven
times during his tenure at the school. Mr. Hamilton is an
active adjudicator of choral and vocal jazz ensembles and
conducted the O.M.E.A. All-State Vocal Jazz Ensemble
in 2008.
Eychaner has published many journal articles on choral
techniques and pedagogy including “The Jazz Choir
Goes Legit: Copyright Law for the Vocal Jazz Educator”
which was published in the Choral Journal. Other research
interests include teacher preparation, choral pedagogy,
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in the past year including performance at the National
Opera Association’s national convention and premiering
compositions of exciting and new choral composers. The
chorale explores diverse and engaging concerts in an
intimate setting that invites the audience to broaden the
listening experience through collaboration with composers, arrangers, and local artists such as Portland Taiko,
Grupo Condor, Portland Folk Music Society, Comerford
School of Irish Dance, Fear No Music’s Jeffrey Payne &
the Cowlitz Native American Drum Group to name a few.
NATHAN LANSING
Spokane Falls Community
College
Nathan Lansing graduated from
Edmonds Community College after
two years in Soundsation. He earned
his Bachelor’s degree in Choral Music
Education and his Master’s degree
in Choral Conducting from Central
Washington University.
Ms. Philippson finds motivation and support as an active
member of the National Association for Music Education,
American Choral Director’s Association serving as previous
Washington state treasurer, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Working with today’s young
musician is a great privilege and challenge. As an ACDA
certified clinician at choral festivals or adjudicating Solo
& Ensemble, the excitement and energy around sharing
and expressing music is invigorating!
Nathan is a long time faculty member of the Soundsation Jazz Camp and has served as a
clinician or adjudicator at numerous vocal, choral and jazz
festivals and competitions across the Pacific Northwest
and the Dakotas. He has been featured on over a dozen
jazz and choral recordings and has performed at venues
ranging from an underpass on Interstate 84 to Seattle’s
Benaroya Hall.
At SFCC, Nathan directs the Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir,
Chamber Choir, and Vocal Jazz. He also teaches courses
in music theory, music fundamentals, music history, and
solo vocal jazz. He is also a published choral arranger
with Sound Music Publications, and will arrange or write
lyrics for food.
KRISTINA PLOEGER
Eastern Washington University
and the Spokane Area Youth
Choirs
Kristina is the Director of Choral
Activities at Eastern Washington
University, as well as the Artistic Director for the Spokane Area Children’s
Chorus in Spokane, WA. Kristina’s
MA is in Choral Conducting and her
BM is in Music Education. She has
taught in both public and private schools at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. A member of
ACDA, MENC, WMEA and EWMEA, Kristina has conducted
and/or presented numerous times for local MENC/WMEA
conventions and WA ACDA Summer Institutes.
GEORGINA PHILIPPSON
Consonare Chorale
Georgina Philippson is a native of the
Pacific Northwest. Ms. Philippson is
a graduate cum laude of Willamette
University where she studied with
Dr. Wallace Long and private voice
with Dr. Kurt Alexander-Zeller. She
also served as Graduate Assistant
to, and member of, the Grammy
award winning vocal jazz ensemble
‘Gold Company’ at Western Michigan University under Dr.
Steve Zegree and Professor Diana Spradling. She holds
a Master’s in Education from Portland State University. In
January, 2014 Ms. Philippson conducted the OMEA AllState MS Girls Honor Choir of 120 young musicians. This
summer she will be the convention choir director at the
Mu Phi Epsilon International Conference in Sacramento,
California. Along with maintaining a private voice studio
in Vancouver, Washington, she is a highly sought after
adjudicator at clinics and choir festivals from the Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival to the National Opera Association’s
national convention exhibition choir director.
Ms. Philippson had the pleasure of directing middle
school and high school choirs for the Vancouver Public
Schools in Washington state. Currently, Georgina serves
as Artistic Director and Conductor of Consonare Chorale,
an ensemble based in Portland, Oregon that she founded
in 2006. Consonare has experienced several milestones
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JANET REITER
Clark College and Ceton Catholic
High School
Janet has enjoyed a successful
career in the field of choral music.
She retired from full-time teaching after 21 years as choral music
director at Mountain View High
School, followed by three years at
Skyview High School in Vancouver,
WA. While teaching at Mountain
View, Ms. Reiter’s concert choirs and vocal jazz ensembles
were frequently featured at MENC Northwest and IAJE
National Conferences. Reiter received her undergraduate music degree from Central Washington University
and has a Master’s Degree in Teaching (MAT) as well as
an MM degree in Piano Performance from Lewis and
Clark College in Portland, Or. She was a 2002 recipient
of the WMEA Hall of Fame Award. She directed the Clark
College Vocal Jazz Ensemble from 2004 until recently
resigning this position last June. Hardly “retired”, Ms.
Reiter serves as the founding director of the 46-member
Seton Catholic H.S. Concert Choir located in Vancouver,
performs with “Chor Anno”, a 26-voice choral ensemble
comprised of choral music educators and professional
singers from Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming. She is
currently the University Supervisor in the GTEP (Graduate
Teacher Education Program) at Portland State University.
When not teaching, performing, or supervising, she’s adjudicating at festivals and competitions or offering clinics
and master classes.
DAVE WRIGHT
Private Business/Voice Instructor
Dave Wright has been involved
in Vocal Music Education in the
Columbia Basin for the past 40
years. After earning his degree
from Central Washington University
in 1973, Dave taught for 11 years
in Connell. During those years he
became close friends with, and was
mentored by Byron Gjerde. In 1984,
he moved to Kennewick and started his first of 24 years
of teaching at Kamiakin High School. Dave is currently
enjoying semi-retirement teaching voice privately. When
not teaching voice he and his wife Lori are enjoying time
with their family which includes four awesome grandkids,
or, he may be out with a certain other choral director from
the area fly fishing.
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CBC Music Faculty
Randy Hubbs
Dave Cazier
Dr. Bryant Smith
Randy is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Music at Columbia
Basin College. His responsibilities include teaching History of Jazz , applied trumpet and
directing the Columbia Basin Concert Band. He also serves as the music department
co-lead. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Randy plays trumpet for the MidColumbia Brass Quintet, directs the Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra, and serves as a guest
conductor, adjudicator, performer, clinician, and consultant throughout the west coast.
Randy earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Central Washington University. Prior to his assignment at CBC, he was Director of Bands at Pasco High School.
During this eight-year period, he developed an award winning program with his concert
bands, jazz ensembles, and marching bands.
Dave is one of the most exciting writers of vocal jazz in the Pacific Northwest. Dave is a
staff writer for UNC Jazz Press, Sound Music Publications. He is a staff member of the
EWU Jazz Dialogue Camp as well as the Frank DeMiero Jazz Camp during its 25 years
of operation. He also writes and publishes his original jazz compositions at caztunes.
com. Dave is a frequently requested vocal clinician in choral and jazz venues and has
been a clinician at numerous festivals throughout the U.S. & Canada and director of the
2009 Colorado All-State Jazz Choir. Dave was the 1993 “Teacher of the Year” at Rogers
HS in Spokane, and the 2013 recipient of the Tenuto Award at the Fran DeMiero Jazz
Festival. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at Central Washington University. After several successful years teaching on the high school level, Dave is now in his
20th year as Director of Choral Instruction at Columbia Basin College, where he directs
the vocal jazz ensemble FreeForm, the Concert and Chamber Choir, Desertones. He also
teaches history of jazz & private voice.
Bryant is an Assistant Professor of Bands at Columbia Basin College where he teaches
jazz band, music theory, music appreciation, and applied saxophone. He also is the associate conductor of the Columbia Basin Concert Band. Dr. Smith earned his doctorate
from the University of Northern Colorado, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Prior to his appointment at
CBC, Dr. Smith held adjunct positions at BYU and Utah Valley State College. He also
taught high school in Spanish Fork, Utah—where he received the 2009 “Teacher of the
Year” award. He is a member of College Band Directors National Association and the
National Association of Music Education, and is an active clinician, adjudicator, and guest
conductor. In addition to these interests, Dr. Smith researches music education and
music history topics, with particular focus on American and Mormon band history in the
19th century. Apart from music, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Heather, and their
four children here in the Tri-Cities.
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Guest Artist Bruce Babad
Bruce Babad (b’BAD) began playing the alto saxophone at age ten. At the age of 14, Bruce took first place in Michigan’s
State solo & ensemble contest. By tenth grade, at Hanford High School in Richland, Washington, Bruce knew that he
was going to be a musician. In his senior year, Babad received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. Bruce attended Central
Washington University where he had the pleasure of backing such greats as, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Mark Murphy,
Mel Lewis and others.
In 1990, Bruce and his wife Jan moved to San Diego where Bruce freelanced as a performer and educator. Bruce performed with local artists; Mike Wofford, (piano) Bob Magnussen, (bass) Peter Sprague, (guitar) Tony Ortega (saxophone)
and others. Soon, Babad’s freelancing career began to blossom. He performed with blues legend Little Milton, rock-nroll Hall of Fame artists; The Four Tops, the Temptations, the Platters, Barry Manilow, Natalie Cole, and Bobby Caldwell.
Bruce had become one of the most in demand saxophone players in San Diego. After the birth of their two boys, Miles
and Julian, Bruce and his family moved to Long Beach where Bruce earned a master’s degree in Jazz Studies at California
State University. Babad completed his coursework in one year, (while continuing to work) was chosen as The Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Fine Arts and is featured in the 65th edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges 1999. That same year, Babad was selected to present a paper on the writing style of Grammy
award winning composer/arranger Bill Holman at the International Association of Jazz Educators national conference.
Currently Bruce can be heard with the 2006 Grammy nominated Bill Holman Band, Luther Hughes’ Cannonball/Coltrane
Project and the Bruce Babad Quartet. Babad is the Director of Jazz Studies at Fullerton College, (Fullerton, CA) and can
be heard on over seventy-five commercial recordings, numerous jingles, television, and movie soundtracks.
Concert
7:30 p.m., Friday, April 11
Auditorium, Chiawana High School - Pasco
$15 General Admission
$10 Students & Seniors
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CBC Bands
CBC Jazz Ensemble
The CBC Jazz Ensemble, now under the direction of Dr. Bryant
Smith, has been in existence for over 40 years. John Fitzpatrick,
an excellent clarinetist, saxophonist, and the first director of the
band, hosted jazz workshops and guest artists such as Cannonball
Adderly. In 1973, Don Paul, who took the job after Fitz’s untimely
death, continued the jazz program and brought the Jazz Unlimited festival to CBC. The band twice attended the festival at Orange
Coast College in California and took yearly tours of the Northwest.
From 1983-1986, the jazz band and Jazz Unlimited festival was
headed by well-known composer/arranger Dave Barduhn, whose
groups made some of the first recordings of the CBC jazz band.
In the fall of 1986, Mel Clayton filled Barduhn’s shoes for a year, directing
the jazz band and running the festival. In 1987, Randy Hubbs became the director. Under his direction, the band maintained
an active performing, touring, and recording schedule. The CBC Jazz Ensemble’s most recent CD,” Éxtensions” is available for purchase at the festival sales table along with earlier CD’s “Intersecting Lines”, “Breakthrough”, “Eastside Story”,
“Two Weeks Notice” and “Fun Time”. Recently, the group had the honor of being invited to perform at the University of
North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison, TX. Dr. Smith, whose musical career has been focused in Colorado, Utah, and Massachusetts, is committed to continuing the tradition of performing and recording excellence that has become a hallmark
of the CBC bands.
Columbia Basin Concert Band
The Columbia Basin Concert Band was first formed in the
fall of 1974 by Don Paul. The purpose of this group is to
provide an opportunity for individual musical expression
and growth during one’s membership as well as contribute
to the musical and/or cultural environment of the Tri-Cities
and surrounding area. Membership is comprised of Tri-City
area musicians and CBC music students, both music majors
and non-majors. The group performs at least three times during the academic year
and also performs a number of concerts during the summer months at various community events. Randy Hubbs, the current conductor, began as associate conductor
during the fall of 1987 and has taken the position of conductor since the fall of 1997.
The Columbia Basin Concert Band has grown to over 65 members and has performed
as a guest ensemble at the CWU Wind Ensemble Festival as well as the EWU Solid Brass Ensemble Festival.
The Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra
The Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Randy
Hubbs, was formed in October of 2003 and made its public debut
at the Jazz Unlimited Festival - Friday, April 16, 2004. This is an 18
piece big band that is made up of professional musicians from the
Tri-Cities area and the surrounding region. The CBJO is a new
repertory ensemble intent on offering programs of various styles
of jazz ranging from Swing-era to Neo-phonic and contemporary
big band literature.
Each fall the CBJO presents a concert in the community and has also become the
featured group for this festival. We are excited to have the honor of playing with
our special guest artist, Bruce Babad for Friday evening’s event.
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CBC Choirs
FreeForm
FreeForm, directed by Dave Cazier, is the premier vocal jazz ensemble offered at
Columbia Basin College. This ensemble focuses on the traditional as well as contemporary advances in the jazz idiom, encompassing swing, ballad, bebop, fusion,
funk and even elements of free jazz. FreeForm 2014 consists of 14 singers on individual mics, and a rhythm section of piano, bass, guitar and drums.
Now in its 21st year, FreeForm continues to set impressive new standards in the vocal
jazz movement. FreeForm has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. They traveled
to New York City in 2004; New Orleans in 2005, where they were a featured guest
group at the New Orleans Music Festival; Dallas, Texas with featured performances
at the UNT/Addison Jazz Festival; Alaska in 2007; and Chicago in 2008. FreeForm
most recently was honored to perform at the 2013 J.E.N. conference in Atlanta,
and the 2014 N.W. A.C.D.A. conference in Seattle. FreeForm has received numerous awards at the Lionel Hampton Jazz
Festival and the Reno Jazz Festival, including college winner in 2010, and was named “Best Jazz Choir in the Nation” by
Downbeat Magazine for the year 2001 (Stolen Moments CD). The 2003 CD (Behind The Face) won the group the “Outstanding Performance” award from Downbeat Magazine. FreeForm has just completed its 21st CD, “Being Alive” which
will first be available at the CD release concert April 17th, 7:30 p.m. in the CBC Theatre. Auditions for the CBC Vocal Music
Department, including FreeForm and DeserTones/Chamber Choir, take place each spring. For an audition appointment
and any further information please contact: Dave Cazier (509) 542-5537 or email at [email protected].
CBC Chamber Choir/DeserTones
The Chamber Choir a.k.a. DeserTones is a vocal ensemble of 30 singers and is part
of the established music curriculum at Columbia Basin College. DeserTones was
established in the 1960s by Terry Crab as an auditioned choir performing a very
wide range of choral literature from pop/show to traditional. It was in the early 1970s,
under the direction of Byron Gjerde, that DeserTones began to center on vocal jazz
as its sole repertoire.
The DeserTones has established an outstanding reputation in the Northwest with
tours competitions and other performances. DeserTones has appeared at Northwest ACDA and MENC conferences as well as being the featured college vocal
jazz ensemble at the 1983 NAJE convention in Kansas City. DeserTones also takes
on the double duty as CBC’s Chamber Choir, learning a variety of traditional choral
music in addition to some vocal jazz. In May of 2006, DeserTones traveled to New York City to perform Mozart’s Mass in
C Minor with the New England Symphony Orchestra in the legendary Carnegie Hall. The group returned again to New
York’s Carnegie Hall to sing the Gabriel Faure’ Requiem under the direction of world renown conductor & composer, John
Rutter in May of 2009. In May 0f 2011, the ensemble traveled to NYC to sing in the world premier of Vijay Singh’s Mass at
Lincoln Center. The Chamber Choir/DeserTones is an auditioned ensemble, which includes the members of FreeForm.
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Past Winners
JAZZ BANDS
2003
Jazz Band Division Winners
Middle Sch.: Cheney
Jr. High: West Valley
A: Columbia High School (Burbank)
AA: Cheney High School
AAA: Mead High School
AAAA: Marysville Pilchuck High School
Best Overall Instrumental Program*
AAAA: Marysville- Pilchuck High School
2004
Middle Sch.: Cheney
A: Mead High School Jazz Lab
AA: Mead High School Jazz II
AAA: Mead High School Jazz I
AAAA: Marysville Pilchuck High School
AA: Riverside High School
AAAA: Lewis & Clark High School
2005
Middle Sch.: Sacajawea
A: McLoughlin High School
AA: Mead High School Jazz II
AAA: Mead High School Jazz I
AAAA: Ferris High School
A: Riverside High School
AA: Ellensburg High School
AAAA: Ferris High School
2006
Middle Sch.: Enterprise
Jr. High: Kalles Jazz Band
A: Colfax High School
AAA: Eastmont High School
AAAA: Central Valley High School Jazz I
AAA: West Valley High School-Yakima
AAAA: Mead High School
2007
A: West Valley High School -Yakima
AA: Gonzaga Preparatory
AAA: Mt. Spokane High School Jazz I
AAAA: Mead High School Jazz Ensemble I
AA: Washougal High School
AAA: Mt. Spokane High School
2008
Middle Sch.: Enterprise Jazz I
A: Riverside High School Jazz I
AAA: Mt. Sumner High School Jazz ‘A’
AAAA: Mead Jazz Ensemble
AAA: Hanford High School
AAAA: Kennewick High School
2009
Middle Sch.: Woodland
A: Hockinson High School Jazz I
AA: Cheney High School Jazz I
AAA: Mercer Island High School Jazz I
AAAA: Pasco High School Jazz I
A: Hockinson High School
AAA: Mercer Island High School
AAAA: Mountain View High School
2010
Middle Sch.: Cheney MS Jazz Band
Jr. High: West Valley Jr. HS Jazz Band
A: Hanford HS Freshman Jazz Band
AA: Cheney HS Jazz I
AAA: Hanford HS Jazz Ensemble I
AAAA: Mead HS Jazz Ensemble I
2011
Middle Sch.: Mountainside MS
Jr. High: West Valley Jr. HS
A: Riverside HS Jazz Band
AA: Cheney HS Jazz I
AAA: Hanford HS Jazz Ensemble I
AAAA: Mountain View HS Jazz I
2012
Middle Sch.: Northwood
Jr. High: North JR High
A: McLaughlin High School
AA: West Valley High School
AAA: Cheney High School
AAAA: Mountain High School
AAA: Marysville-Pilchuck High School
AAAA: Hanford High School
2013
Middle Sch.: Mountainside MS
Jr. High: West Valley JR High
A: Hockinson HS
AA: Cheney HS
AAA: Hanford HS
AAAA: Lake Stevens HS
A: Hockinson High School
*combined scores of Concert Band & Jazz
Band competitions
JAZZ CHOIRS
2003
Middle Sch.: Meadowdale
Jr. High: West
Non-Mixed: Lake Stevens High School
A: Gonzaga Prep
AA: Mt. Lake Terrace High School
FreeForm 1: Othello High School
FreeForm 2: South Kitsap High School
Sweepstakes: South Kitsap High School
Waldo Award: Othello High School
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2004
Jr. High: West
Non-Mixed: North Kitsap High School
AA: Hanford High School
AAA: Mt. Lake Terrace High School
FreeForm 1: Eastmont High School
Waldo Award: South Kitsap High School
2005
Jr. High: West
JC-1 : North Kitsap High School
JC-2 : Lake Stevens High School
FreeForm 1: West Jr.
FreeForm 2: Kamiakin High School
Waldo Award: Eagle High School
2006
Middle Sch.: Mead Select
Jr. High: West
JC-1: Gonzaga Prep
JC-2: Eagle High School
FreeForm 1: West Jr.
2007
Jr. High: Les Bois
JC-1: North Kitsap High School
JC-2: Centennial High School
FreeForm 1: Mount Si. High School
2008
Jr. High: Sedgwick
Non-Mixed: Lake Stevens High School
JC-1: Richland High School
JC-2: Lake Stevens High School
FreeForm 1: Cashmere High School
2009
Jr. High: King’s
JC-Area: Pasco High School
FreeForm 1: North Kitsap High School
FreeForm 2: Mark Morris High School
Waldo Award: Gonzaga Prep
2010
Jr. High: King’s
JC-Area: Eagle High School
FreeForm 1: North Kitsap High School
FreeForm 2: Lynnwood High School
FreeForm 3: Meadowdale High School
Sweepstakes: Meadowdale High School
Waldo Award: Meadowdale High School
2011
Middle Sch.: St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Jr. High: Les Bois JHS
FreeForm 1: Gonzaga Prep High School
FreeForm 2: Edmonds-Woodway High
School
FreeForm 3: Chiawana High School
2012
Jr. High: King’s Jr. High School
JC Division 1: International School
JC Division 2: Edmonds Woodway
JC Division 3: Hamilton High School
Sweepstakes: Edmonds-Woodway High
School
Waldo Award: Mt. Si High School
2013
Middle Sch.: Northwood MS
Jr. High: King’s Jr. High
JC Division 1: International School
JC Division 2: Meadowdale HS
JC Division 3: Moses Lake HS
Sweepstakes: Meadowdale HS
Waldo Award: Moses Lake HS
CONCERT CHOIRS
2003
Jr. High: North
Non-Mixed: Fort Vancouver High School
A: Coeur d’Alene High School
AA: Kamiakin High School
AAA: Bothell High School
2004
Middle Sch.: Salk
Jr. High: North
Non-Mixed: Eagle High School
A: Cashmere High School
AAA: Centennial High School
2005
Middle Sch.: Mead
Jr. High: Les Bois
AA: Bellarmine Prep High School
AAA: Skyview High School
2006
Jr. High: West
A: Rigby High School
AA: Gonzaga Prep
AAA: McNary High School
2007
Middle Sch.: McLoughlin
Jr. High: Les Bois
Non-Mixed: Kamiakin High School
AA: Othello High School
AAA: Eagle High School
2008
1: Gonzaga Prep High School
2: South Kitsap High School
3: Eagle High School
2009
Jr: West
1: Cashmere Prep High School
2: Eagle High School - Madrigals
3: Eagle High School – Sonous
2010
Jr: West
Non-Mixed: Moses Lake High School
1: Cashmere Prep High School
2: Bellarmine Prep High School
3: Meadowdale High School
2011
Jr: West
Non-Mixed: Walla Walla High School
1: Othello High School
2: Kennewick Prep High School
3: Moses Lake High School
2012
Jr. High: Les Bois
Non-Mixed: Walla Walla High School
CC-1 Division: West Valley High School
CC-2 Division: Auburn Riverside High
School
CC-3 Division: Moses Lake High School
2013
Middle Sch.: Enterprise MS
Jr. High: West Jr. High
Non-Mixed: Walla Walla HS
CC-1 Division: Gonzaga-Prep HS
CC-2 Division: Meadowdale HS
CC-3 Division: Walla Walla HS
OUTSTANDING VOCAL
DEPTARTMENT AWARDS
2004
Jr. High: West
A Cashmere High School
AA Kamiakin High School
AAA South Kitsap High School
2005
Jr. High: West
A: Othello High School
AA: Hermiston High School
AAA: Skyview High School
2006
Middle Sch.: Mead
Jr. High: West
A: Othello High School
AA: Gonzaga Prep
2007
Middle Sch.: No entry eligible
Jr. High: Les Bois
A: No entry eligible
AA: No entry eligible
AAA: South Kitsap High School
2008
Jr. High: Sedgwick
I: Cashmere High School
II: No entry eligible
III: South Kitsap High School
2009
Jr. High: West
I: No entry eligible
II: Timberline High School
III: South Kitsap High School
2010
Jr. High: West
II: Gonzaga Prep High School
III: Meadowdale High School
2011
Jr. High: West
II: No entry eligible
III: Moses Lake High School
2012
Jr. High: Les Bois
II: Mt. Si
III: Moses Lake
2013
Jr. High: West
I: Gonzaga Prep.
II: Meadowdale
III: Moses Lake
For a complete list of top groups since
1993, go to columbiabasin.edu/
jassfestival and go to ‘Past winners’.
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The Columbia Basin
Jazz Orchestra
CBC Jazz Ensemble
CBC FreeForm 2014
Randy Hubbs - Director
Dr. Bryant Smith – Director
Dave Cazier – Director
Saxophones
Ron Gerhardstein - Alto
Mike Bryan - Alto
Matt Vegh- Tenor
Omar Farias - Tenor
Lori Lydeen - Baritone
Saxophones
Eric Molina – Alto
Brandon Quam – Alto
John Adams – Tenor
Anthony Tiburcio – Tenor
Cristian Gutierrez – Baritone
Soprano:
Severn Bevel, Southridge HS
Alexandra Cid, Chiawana HS
Taylor Clarke, Mt. Si HS
Talitha McCall, Mesa
Trumpets
John Ladines
Troy Lydeen
John Nelson
Brent Steinert
Trombones
Lily Gray
Ben Hodges
William Murray
Irving Rendon
Esteban Zarate
Trombones
Rich Carterby
Chet Dennis
Phillip Simpson
Bob Swoboda
Rhythm Section
Bill McKay - Piano
Tim Coronado - Bass
Doug Rice – Guitar
Derek Munson – Drums
Sound – Dave Cazier
Lights – Ronn Campbell
Alto:
Athena Fritz, Kennewick HS
Catherine Getic, Taft HS
Jaqueline Medina, Othello HS
Tenor:
Chris Hodel, Mt. Si HS
Paul Nelson, Mt. Si HS
Nick Trowbridge, Connell HS
Trumpets
Bruce Barrett
Jose Lazaro
Geoff McKay
Ryan Shannon
Peter Solano
Bass:
Terrence Allmon, Connell HS
Alexander Pickard, Southridge HS
Presley Powell, Pasco HS
Brian Rebar, Richland HS
Rhythm Section
Megan Vogel – Bass
Jamie Stewart – Piano
Bailey Ehrgott - Guitar
Carson Goodey – Drums
Misiel Rosas - Percussion
Rhythm:
Brian Swearingen, Piano, Pasco HS
Chase Rabideau, Guitars, Mt. Si HS,
Megan Vogel, Bass, Mt. Si HS
Carson Goody, Drums, Chiawana HS
Tim McCall, Sound, Mesa
Jazz Unlimited History
The first Jazz Unlimited Festival was hosted jointly by the Tri-Cities high school music departments in 1971, with nine
high school jazz bands participating. It continued the following year with assistance from the Tri-Cities Water Follies Association thus the name Jazz Unlimited. The festival site was moved to Columbia Basin College in 1973 when Don Paul
moved here from Kennewick High School. Eventually the sponsorship of the Water Follies Association was dropped
but the name Jazz Unlimited was retained. The jazz choir portion of the festival was added in 1974 by Byron Gjerde. In
1986, a concert choir portion was added by Steve Baer. In 2001, Freeform began hosting a CD release concert which
showcases selections from its yearly recording session. Since its inception, the festival has grown until as many as 61
bands and 93 choirs have participated, the maximum that our facilities can accommodate. In 1998, a concert band division was added by Randy Hubbs.
Guest artists from past years include: Shelly Manne and his Mannekind, Stan Kenton and his orchestra, Fred Raulston
Trio, Kim Richmond, Red Kelly’s Owl Jazz Ensemble and Supersax, Matrix, Barney McClure & Jan Stentz, Bud Shank,
Diane Schuur, Straight Ahead, Dennis DiBlasio, Ron McCroby, Consort Columbia Cross Current, Jeff Hamilton, Jeff Clayton, Big Miller, Louise Rose, Viva Jazz, Buddy Baker, Bobby Shew, Bob Curnow & The New Jazz Repertory Ensemble,
Big Band Northwest, The Jazz Police, Michael Brecker, the Yellow Jackets, Eddie Daniels, Bill Watrous, John Fedchock,
Wayne Bergeron and The Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra.
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Columbia Basi
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Mountainside Middle
Hanford High School
Mt. Si High School
School
School
School
Aberdeen High
Highlands Middle
Mt. Spokane High
School
School
School
Anacortes High
Hockinson High
North Jr. High
School
High School
School
International High
Auburn Riverside
Northwood Middle
School
Kamiak High School
Ochoa Middle School
Bellarmine Preparatory
School
School
Bremerton High
Kamiakin High
Othello High School
School
Kellogg High School
Carmichael Middle
Pasco High School
School
School
School
High
Middle
Cashmere High
Kennewick
Pioneer
School
School
High School
Cavalero Mid-High
Kentwood High
Reardan-Edwall
School
School
High
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Central Middle
King’s High School
Renaissanc
School
School
Cheney High School
King’s Jr. High
Richland High
School
School
School
Chiawana High
Lake City High
Riverside High
School
School
School
Chief Joseph Middle
Lake Stevens High
Shorewood High
School
School
Colfax High School
Les Bois Jr. High
Skyview High
School
School
High School
Columbia High
Lewis & Clark
Snoqualmie Middle
School
School
Deer Park High
Mariner High School
Southridge High
School
School
Middle School
Desert Hills Middle
McLoughlin High
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
School
School
Eagle High School
Stevens Middle
McLoughlin Middle
School
Eastmont High
Mead High School
Tenino High School
High School
School
High School
Meadowdale High
Edmonds Woodway
Thomas Jefferson
School
School
School
Ellensburg High
Victory Charter
Meadowdale Middle
School
School
School
Ellensburg Middle
Medical Lake High
Walla Walla High
School
School
School
Enterprise Middle
Meridian High
West Junior High
School
School
School
Explorer Middle
Moscow High
West Valley High
School
School
High School
Glacier Peak High
Moses Lake High
West Valley Jr.
School
High School
Gonzaga Preparatory
Mountain View
School
Grandview High
for purchase by
the Registration
table along with
other CBC Music
Department CD’s.
Music Department Course Offerings
Music Theory I-VI
Music Appreciation (Humanities)
History of Jazz (Humanities)
Piano Class
Jazz Theory and Improvisation
Jazz Ensemble
DeserTones (Chamber & Jazz Choir)
FreeForm (Vocal Jazz Ensemble)
Voice Ensemble
Instrumental Ensemble
Brass Techniques
Woodwind Techniques
Chorus
Studio Problems
Concert Band (evenings)
Applied Instruction in: voice, piano, winds,
brass & strings
Orchestra (evenings)
For more information visit
columbiabasin.edu/music
Acknowledgements
Columbia Basin College would like to acknowledge all
of those who helped make Jazz Unlimited 2014 possible.
CBC Jazz Ensemble
CBC Concert Choir
CBC FreeForm
Columbia Basin Concert Band
Bill McKay, Dean of Arts & Humanities
Maria Allan, Program Support Supervisor
Diana Wagner, Office Assistant
Severn Bevel, Bailey Ehrgott, Talitha McCall, Geoff McKay,
Kayla Strait, and Nick Trowbridge, Student Workers
Todd Pearson, CBC Graphics
Shawn Strait, CBC Printing
Elias Perez, CBC Printing
Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra
CBC College Relations
Steve Swanson
Sarah Brooks
Quiznos
Ted Brown Music
Sandy’sTrophies
Pasco High School Band Boosters
Pasco School District #1
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A TOAST TO YOU!
Quiznos is a supporter of the music youth of the
Northwest and would like to say congratulations to
all the participating groups at Jazz Unlimited 2013.
2735 W Court Street, Suite F
Pasco WA 99301
Phone: 509.543.3737
Online: Quiznos.com

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