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State Concert Festival
Austin Peay State University
April 26 & 27, 2007
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2007
State Concert Festival
An event of the Tennessee Music Education Association
Ron Meers, President
Jeff Brewer, Past-President
Gary Wilkes, President-Elect
Hosted by
The Austin Peay State University Department of Music
Dr. Greg Wolynec and Ms. Andrea Brown, wind conductors
Festival coordinator – Jim Burton
The TMEA State Concert Festival was created to provide a performance venue for wind and
string instrumental programs that have been recognized by their Regional associations as
having attained the highest level of achievement in stage performance and sight reading.
All participants in this festival received Superior ratings at their respective Regional events
last year. A panel of world-class educators will provide written and taped commentary
regarding today’s performance. One panelist will also present a short clinic to each
ensemble after their stage performance.
This event is a celebration of instrumental music in Tennessee.
Thank you for being a part of it!
A Note from our President
It is an honor for me to welcome the finest bands and orchestras in Tennessee to Austin Peay State
University and the Tennessee State Concert Festival sponsored by the Tennessee Music Education
Association. Just being selected for this event is an exciting and prestigious tribute to you, your school,
community, and director(s). I know this will be one of your most musically rewarding experiences!
We have a tradition of inviting only the very best adjudicators in America to critique the outstanding
ensembles selected to perform at our festival. We are proud to have nationally renowned conductors
Anthony Maiello- George Mason University, John Culvahouse- University of Georgia, Timothy SalzmanUniversity of Washington, and David Maccabee- United Township HS, E Moline, IL as clinicians this year.
Events such as this do not take place without dedicated professionals. A special thanks to the Austin Peay
State University Music Department Administration, Dr. Greg Wolynec and Ms. Andrea Brown (APSU
Directors), and Mr. Jim Burton (Cleveland High School director) for making this unique music experience
possible.
Congratulations and best wishes for continued success!!
Ronald S. Meers
President
Tennessee Music Education Association
Our Clinicians
Anthony J. Maiello
received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Ithaca College in l965 and l967, respectively. He also studied
at the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Mr. Leonard Slatkin, Musical Director of the National Symphony Orchestra. He also
serves as a Cover Conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Maiello's many professional credits include clinician, adjudicator and guest conductor of All-State, All-State Sectional, Regional, District, All-County and All-City
ensembles, with appearances throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Europe, The Netherlands and The Bahamas. He conducted musical activities for
the Gold Medal Ceremonies at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the New York State Music Camp & Institute; has served as New York State Music Association
adjudicator; clinician with Yamaha, and clinician for Warner Bros. Publications, President of the International Association of Jazz Educators - New York State Chapter and
as Musical Director for Music Festivals International. He is an elected member of The American Bandmasters Association and ASCAP, and holds membership in the
National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, New York State School Music Association, Virginia Music Educators Association, Virginia Jazz
Service Organization, The College Music Society and The American Symphony Orchestra League.
Mr. Maiello's academic experience includes extensive teaching in the public schools. He served as Professor of Music and Chairman of Performance at the Crane School
of Music, Potsdam College of SUNY, Potsdam, New York, where his duties included advanced instrumental conducting, applied clarinet, woodwind and percussion
techniques; and conductor of the Crane Wind Ensemble. Under his direction, the ensembles at Crane and George Mason University have commissioned many new
works, made numerous recordings and appearances statewide and at regional and national conferences in the United States and Canada. He is the author of
CONDUCTING: A HANDS-ON-APPROACH and co-author of the 21st CENTURY BAND METHOD.
Anthony Maiello travels widely presenting clinics, lectures and workshops, and guest conducting and adjudicating numerous music festivals. He is presently Professor of
Music and Director of Instrumental Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony and teaches
several conducting courses. Professor Maiello was awarded the title of “University Professor” by the Board of Visitors, the highest rank given to faculty members at
George Mason University. Mr. Maiello has also served as Associate Conductor of The McLean Orchestra, McLean, Virginia, has been appointed an Honorary Conductor of
The United States Navy Band, Washington, D.C. and is presently the conductor of the American Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, Washington, D.C.
John N. Culvahouse is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Georgia.
Conducting duties include the UGA Wind Ensemble, guest
conducting the UGA Wind Symphony and UGA Symphony Orchestra, and the UGA Redcoat Marching Band, which received the Sudler Trophy in 2000. Dr. Culvahouse
serves as Chair of the UGA Conducting Studies Faculty, which also includes Mitos Andaya, Mark Cedel, Allen Crowell, Tom Keck, and David Romines. He teaches
graduate and undergraduate conducting, Music Education, and serves on the Graduate Faculty of the Graduate School. Prior to his appointment at UGA in 1991, Dr.
Culvahouse taught in the public schools in South Carolina and Tennessee for 17 years. He received the bachelor and master of Music Education degrees from The
University of Tennessee and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Culvahouse has served as a conductor and adjudicator and clinician in several states, Canada, and Western Europe. Professional affiliations include the College Band
Directors National Association (past Georgia State Chair), Georgia Music Educators Association, Music Educators National Conference, East Tennessee School Band and
Orchestra Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Epsilon Lambda Chapter Advisor), Phi Beta Mu (Tennessee Chapter Past-President and South Carolina Chapter Past-VicePresident), and the National Band Association where he has served on the Board of Directors on three occasions. Dr. Culvahouse serves on the Board of Directors of the
John Philip Sousa Foundation currently as Chair of the National Sousa Senior Honors Band. He is a Sudler Flag of Honor and Sudler Trophy Laureate. Most recently, he
has served as President of the Southeastern Conference Band Directors Association and is Chair of that organization’s Commission Project Committee. The National Band
Association on six occasions has presented him the Citation of Excellence.
Timothy Salzman is a Ruth Sutton Waters Endowed Professor at the University of Washington, where he serves as conductor of the UW Wind
Ensemble and administers the concert band program. He also teaches students enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate instrumental conducting program.
Salzman previously served as Director of Bands at Montana State University, where he founded the MSU Wind Ensemble. From 1978 to 1983 he was band director in the
Herscher, Illinois public school system, during which time the band program received several regional and national awards in solo/ensemble, concert and marching band
competition.
Salzman holds degrees from Wheaton College (bachelor of music education), and Northern Illinois University (master of music in low brass performance), and has
studied privately with Arnold Jacobs, former tubist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has numerous publications for bands with C. L. Barnhouse, Arranger's
Publications, Columbia Pictures, and Hal Leonard publishing companies, and has served on the staff of new music reviews for The Instrumentalist magazine. Salzman is a
national artist/clinician for the Yamaha Corporation of America and has been a conductor, adjudicator, or arranger for bands in over 35 states, Canada, England, Japan,
South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Russia. In autumn 1997 he was Visiting Professor at the Senzoku Gakuen Uozu School of Music in Uozu, Japan.
He is compiling editor and co-author, with several current and former UW students, of A Composer's Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary
Masterpieces for Wind Band, a new series of books on contemporary wind band composers published by Meredith Music Publications, a subsidiary of the Hal Leonard
Corporation.
David W. Maccabee
has been Director of Bands at United Township High School since 1986. He previously taught in the Geneseo and Nokomis,
Illinois school systems. At United Township High School, he is director of all instrumental music ensembles, including Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Marching Band,
and pep band. During Mr. Maccabee’s tenure, enrollment in the UTHS Band program has grown from 100 to nearly 200 members.
Mr. Maccabee was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He moved to Illinois at the age of 16, and graduated from J.D. Darnall High
School in Geneseo, Illinois. In 1982, he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Augustana College (IL). He received his Master’s Degree in Music
Education from VanderCook College of Music Education in 1989.
David Maccabee is a frequent guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the country. He has conducted numerous summer band camps, including Western
Illinois University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Illinois. Mr. Maccabee has also served the Illinois Music Educator’s Association as Division Chair, All-State
Auditioner, and the IMEA Mentoring Council. His professional affiliations include the United Township Education Association, the National Education Association, the
Illinois Music Educator’s Association, the Music Educator’s National Conference, the National Band Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Mr. Maccabee has received citations
for excellence from the city of East Moline, the East Moline Rotary Club, John Deere and Co., United Township High School, and Western Illinois University. In addition,
he has received the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence on 6 different occasions. Under Mr. Maccabee’s direction, the United Township High School
Symphonic Band has earned a national reputation for excellence, performing at such prestigious events as the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival (4 times),
the Illinois Music Educator’s Association All-State Music Convention, the Western Illinois University Band Showcase, and on numerous occasions at the prestigious
University of Illinois Super-State Band Festival. In 1998, Mr. Maccabee became the first recipient of the “Dr. Victor Zajec Award”, given to him in recognition of the United
Township High School Symphonic Band performance at the 1998 Midwest International Band and Orchestra convention. In 2000, Mr. Maccabee was elected to
membership in the prestigious American Bandmaster’s Association.
David resides in East Moline, Illinois, with his wife of 17 years, Sara, and their three children, 14 year old twin daughters Eryn and Elyse, and their 9 year old son,
Connor.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
9:00 AM
Ewing Park Middle School Concert Band
Derick E. Richardson, conductor
Jump Street Boogie
African Festival
Jefferson County Overture
Mighty Mite March
Steve Hodges
Arr. Quincy Hilliard, Chuck Elledge & Bruce Pearson
John O'Reilly
Ted Mesang, arr. Sean O'Loughlin
Ewing Park Band is comprised of students in grades 5 through 8. Advanced students earn the privilege of participating in several music
festivals and field trips. Band students have participated in the Metro Schools Honors Band, Beech High School Parent’s Prom/Jazz Festival,
MTSBOA Concert Festivals and also performed for local feeder school programs and shopping malls.
In April 2005, the Ewing Park Middle School Band obtained a superior rating in performance at the “Music In The Parks” Festival in Louisville,
KY and was awarded two first place trophies.
In March 2006, the Ewing Park Middle School Band earned a Superior rating in performance and also in sight reading at the local MTSBOA
music festival.
As a result of Superior performances last school year, they have been invited to participate in the 2007 3rd Annual TMEA State Concert
Festival, to be held in Clarksville, TN at Austin Peay University.
Ewing Park Middle School Band students serve as a major feeder for the Whites Creek “Band of Distinction” where Mr. Richardson serves as
the assistant director.
Derick E. Richardson –MTSBOA member
B.S. Music Ed – TSU - 1984
Masters Admin Supervision – TSU - 2005
20 years experience, 10 at Ewing Park, Assistant Director at Whites Creek H.S.
Married with 3 children ages 15, 18 & 21
9:40 AM
Bellvue Middle School Band
J. Paul Waters, conductor
Military Escort
Gypsy Dance
Fanfare for the Third Planet
Harold Bennett, edited by Frederick Fennell
Joseph Compello
Richard L. Saucedo
Bellevue is a Metropolitan Nashville Middle School. The school serves a total of 540 students in grades 5-8. This is Bellevue Middle School
Band’s second performance at State Concert Festival. The band is in its 4th year under the direction of J. Paul Waters. In those four years, the
band program has almost doubled from 68 musicians to 120. Under Mr.Waters’ direction, twenty-six students have received All Middle
Tennessee Clinic Band honors. The Bellevue Middle School Band is also enjoying their first ever Tennessee Bandmasters Sweepstakes Award
for Musical Excellence in 2006 and has earned the same award this year which is to be presented at the 2007 Tennessee Music Educators
Association All-State Conference. The Bellevue Middle School Band has received many accolades at several music festivals including a
superior rating and First Place Middle School Band award at the All-Star Music Festival in Atlanta, Georgia in 2005 and a superior rating and
first place award in the Middle School Band Division at The Great Smoky Mountain Music Festival in 2006. The band is also traveling to the
Dixie Classic’s National Adjudicators Invitational in St. Louis immediately after Today’s performance.
Paul Waters is in his fifteenth year of teaching and his fourth year of teaching at Bellevue. Mr. Waters is a graduate of Mt. Juliet High School
and sat first chair percussionist in every Mid-State Band, All-State Band, and Honor Band throughout his high school career except for one.
Mr. Waters received his Bachelor degree at Middle Tennessee State and did graduate work at University of Tennessee Knoxville. Mr. Waters is
a veteran of drum corps. He marched snare drum for the Garfield Cadets and the Cadets of Bergen County.
10:20 AM
Creek Wood High School Concert Band
Dan Salley & Lisa Field, conductors
Call to Victory
Karl King, arr. James Swearingen
Air for Band
Frank Erickson
Simple Gifts
Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
III. Here Take This Lovely Flower
IV. Simple Gifts
Creek Wood High School opened in 2002 in Dickson County. Since then, the band program has grown musically and in numbers. At Creek
Wood, students receive a comprehensive music education through performance in the following groups: Concert Band, “The Spirit of Creek
Wood” Marching Band, basketball pep bands, jazz band, and small ensembles. For the past four years the concert band has consistently
received festival ratings of excellent and superior. Also, the marching band has taken trips to Orlando and St. Louis.
Dan Salley has been the band director at Creek Wood since the school opened. He earned a Bachelors degree in Music Education in 2001 and
a Masters degree in Instrumental Conducting in 2006, both from APSU. Salley is a member of MTSBOA, TMEA, MENC, and Phi Mu Alpha. He
lives in Dickson County with his wife, Jennifer, and their two boys, Luke and Ben.
Brandon Wilson received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance in 2004 from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN, where he
studied percussion with Professor David Steinquest. Brandon is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Music Education at Austin Peay.
While at Austin Peay, he has served as instructor and arranger to the drumline of the Governor's Own Marching Band, and as assistant
conductor of the APSU Percussion Ensemble. Brandon has also instructed and written for a number of high school percussion groups in
North Middle Tennessee and South Central Kentucky. Brandon currently resides in Clarksville, TN.
11:00 AM
Station Camp High School Band
Phil Waters, conductor
The Sinfonians (Symphonic March)
Symphony No. 4 – Movement IV
Ammerland
Shepherd’s Hey
Clifton Williams
P. Tchaikovsky, arr. Waters
Jacob de Haan
Percy A. Grainger, edited by Mark Rogers
Station Camp High School is the newest high school in Sumner County Tennessee. In only its fourth year of existence, the Station Camp Band
has rapidly built a reputation for excellence in all phases of the music program. The Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Guard and
Winter Drumline have all been recognized as Superior organizations. The band is a Tennessee Bandmasters Sweepstakes Award recipient. The
“Thundering Herd” Marching Band was a finalist at the Division II State Championships placing eighth. The Jazz Band has performed twice on
the General Jackson Showboat and has received all superior ratings at festivals. Every member of the Station Camp Band has received a
Superior rating at MTSBOA Solo and Ensemble Festival.
Station Camp is the Orlando All Star Music Festival Grand Champion and Sweepstakes Award winner. The Band placed first in the Concert
Band, Parade Band, Jazz Band, Concert Percussion and Indoor Guard competitions while receiving all superior ratings in those events.
Mr. Waters was born in Covington Georgia and attended Newton County High School where he was an All State musician. His wife’s’ name is
Kathy and he has a son Paul who is band director in Nashville. He enjoys four grandchildren: Jim, Jessica, Jordan, and Rachael.
Mr. Waters is a member of t he M.T.S.U. Band of Blue Hall Of Fame, the John Philip Sousa Foundation Legion of Merit and is a Sudler Shield
recipient. He is a seven-time Citation of Excellence recipient, and Certificate of Merit from the National Band Association. He was awarded a
Presidential Citation from Ronald Reagan, an Honorary Colonel By Order Of Governor McWherter and the Mt. Juliet Rotarian Man of the Year.
He is a nine-time recipient of the Outstanding Teacher award from the Tennessee School for the Arts, and a Career Level III Teacher. He has
served as vice-president of the Tennessee Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Executive Committee member of
M.T.S.B.O.A., Mid-State and All State Jazz Band Chairman and Solo and Ensemble chairman. He is an active adjudicator and clinician, and was
selected for Who’s Who in Education, Who’s Who in Tennessee, and Who’s Who in Music. Mr. Waters is a member of NBA, IAJE, MENC,
MTSBOA, American Federation of Musicians, NEA, TMEA, Tennessee Bandmasters Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinphonia and Phi Beta Mu.
11:40 AM
John Overton High School Wind Ensemble
Jo Ann Hood & Debbie Burton, conductors
Florentiner March
Night Dances
A Longford Legend
Julius Fucik, arr. M.L. Lake, ed. Frederick Fennell
Bruce Yurko
Robert Sheldon
The instrumental music program at John Overton High School is under the co-direction of Jo Ann Hood and Debbie Burton. The band
program consists of marching band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, chamber ensembles, percussion ensemble, jazz band, and winter
guard. The symphonic band and wind ensemble perform five to six concerts per year and participate in concert and sightreading festivals
consistently receiving superior ratings. They performed for the TMEA Conference in 1990 and 2003 and with the Dallas Brass at the 2002
National MENC Convention. The marching band is consistently awarded superior ratings in events throughout the Southeast and is a five time
state champion. They have been a finalist in the “Contest of Champions” for 26 consecutive years. The bands at John Overton have performed
in the Fiesta Bowl Parade, Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Tournament of Roses Parade, Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and the Waikiki
Holiday Parade. They are a two time Sudler Shield recipient and have received the Tennessee Bandmasters Sweepstakes Award for eighteen
years.
Jo Ann Hood is in her twenty-sixth year as director of the John Overton Band. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and
Cumberland University. She is Past President of MTSBOA, TBA, and TMEA. She currently serves as Exhibits Chairperson for the TMEA
Conference and President of Phi Beta Mu. She is a nine time recipient of the NBA Citation of Excellence and Certificate of Merit. Ms. Hood is a
2005 inductee into the National High School Band Directors Hall of Fame. She holds membership in NEA, TEA, MNEA, MENC, TMEA, MTSBOA,
NBA, TBA, Delta Omicron, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Beta Mu.
Debbie Burton is in her third year as director of the John Overton Band. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and Columbus
State University. Prior to her duties at John Overton, Ms. Burton taught at Dupont-Tyler Middle School, McGavock High School, and Columbus
High School. She is currently serves TMEA as the chairperson for the Tennessee All-State Band and Tri-M chairperson. She holds membership
in PET, MENC, TMEA, MTSBOA, NBA, TBA, Delta Omicron, and Phi Beta Mu.
12:20 AM
Maryville High School Symphonic Band
Tom DeLozier, conductor
Sun Dance
Fantasia (On Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair)
Valdres
Sierra Dawn
Frank Ticheli
Mark Camphouse
Johannes Hanssen arr. by G. C. Bainum
Michael A. Mogensen
The Maryville High School Band program is built on the energy and talents of 145, 9th through 12
th
grade band students. These students
began their band experience in the 5th grade with a comprehensive music program at Maryville Intermediate School and Maryville Middle
School. Maryville High School serves the City of Maryville Schools with a population of 1500 students.
The “Red Rebel“ marching band receives consistent superior ratings in regional marching contests and is supportive of a very successful
football program.
The band has traveled to New York City, Phoenix, Washington D.C., Orlando, and Nassau, Bahamas.
Maryville band
students are active in Junior and Senior clinics, All-State as well as Solo and Ensemble, and Jazz clinics sponsored by East Tennessee School
Band and Orchestra Association.
Students have the opportunity to take private lessons from an excellent private instruction studio of
percussion, brass, and woodwind teachers. The Concert band is primarily 9th grade students. 10th through 12th grade members comprise
the Symphonic Band. Percussionists are in a separate class that supports small ensembles and a winter drumline experience. Both concert
ensembles have received consistent superior ratings on stage and sightreading in regional Concert Festivals.
Additional ensemble
experiences available to students include multiple Chamber Music groups, a select Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Orchestra.
Tom DeLozier is completing his 16th year as director of bands at Maryville High School. Previously, he directed the band at Hillwood High
School in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. DeLozier received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
While a band member in the Pride of the Southland Band, Tom also served as the Drum Major for three years under the direction of Dr. W.J.
Julian. Tom DeLozier has served as a clinician and band adjudicator throughout the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky region. He holds
a Master’s degree in Administration and supervision and is an active member of ETSBOA, TMEA, MENC, TBA, NBA, NEA, and Phi Mu Alpha.
1:00 PM
Riverdale High School Wind Ensemble
Ronald S. Meers & Michael S. Aymett, conductors
March: Winds
Scenes from "The Louvre"
Bullets and Bayonets
Pageant
Clare Grundman
Norman Dello Joio
John Philip Sousa, ed. by Frederick Fennell
Vincent Persichetti
The Riverdale Band is one of the finest in the Mid-State area. Several members were selected for honor bands and clinics including;
Tennessee All-State Band, All Mid-State Bands, and Rutherford County Honor Bands. The Riverdale Band program has consistently received
superior ratings in marching, concert band, and sight-reading. The band has received the Tennessee Bandmasters Sweepstakes award seven
times for receiving straight superior ratings in Marching, Concert, and Sight-reading. Last year the Wind Ensemble earned all Superior ratings
at Concert Festival, qualifying to perform at the spring 2007 State Concert Band Festival. This year, the Symphonic Band (grade III music) and
the Wind Ensemble (grade VI music) received straight superior ratings from all three concert adjudicators and the sight-reading adjudicator.
This qualifies both bands to participate in the 2008 State playing festival for the first time.
Ron Meers is in his 25th year as Director of Bands at Riverdale High School. Ron received his Bachelor of Science degree from David Libscomb
University and his Master +30 from Cumberland University. He is Past-President of the Middle Tennessee School Band and Orchestra
Association, of the Tennessee Bandmaster's Association and of Phi Beta Mu, and is All-State Audition Chairman for the MTSBOA. He is
currently serving as President of the Tennessee Music Education Association.
Mike Aymett is in his 6th year as band director with the Riverdale Band. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Mike attended Middle Tennessee
State University, earning the Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts degrees. Previously, he taught in Nashville and at Mt. Pleasant High School,
serving as Director of Bands for three years. Mr. Aymett serves as a chairman for the MTSBOA Honor Bands, Performing Group Auditions
Chair for TMEA, MTSBOA Executive Board, and the Band of Blue Alumni Club Board of Directors. Additionally, Mr. Aymett is a member of
MTSBOA, ETSBOA, TMEA, MENC, Tennessee Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmaster
Fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
2:00 PM
Columbia High School Wind Symphony
Rick Murphy & Connie Cathey, conductors
Concord
Toccata
Symphonic Movement
March "Grandioso"
Clare Grundman
Girolama Frescobaldi, arr. Earl Slocum
Vaclav Nelhybel
Roland F. Seitz arr. Alfred Reed
Columbia Central High School is a four-year comprehensive high school with 1600 students in grades nine through twelve. With its' first graduating class in 1896,
Columbia Central High School has had a long history of service to its community and a respected tradition of excellence in academics, athletics, performing arts,
and other competitive events. Founded in 1938, the Columbia Band has had a long history of excellence in both concert and marching areas. The Band has made
numerous appearances at national and state conventions and marching events, including the Tennessee Music Educators Association convention, the Macy's
Parade, and several notable Bowl games.
The Columbia Wind Symphony is one of three performing concert bands at Central High School in Columbia. Instrumental music students from grades 10-12
audition for inclusion into the school's premier ensemble, where they perform challenging wind band repertoire of historic and artistic importance. The ensemble
performs four to five concerts a year at Columbia and numerous performances off campus.
Rick Murphy is Co-Director of Bands at Central High School in Columbia, Tennessee. Prior to his appointment at Columbia, Mr. Murphy held positions as
Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Middle Tennessee State University and band director at several Nashville high schools. Mr. Murphy has been
published as a research associate for the nationally best-selling and highly acclaimed GIA Publication series “Teaching Music through Performance in Band”,
Volume Four and “Teaching Music through Performance in Beginning Band.” He has been on the faculty of Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music and has
been conductor of the Nashville Youth Repertory Orchestra. Additionally, he has served as conductor of the Middle Tennessee Chamber Winds, a professional
wind chamber ensemble, and co-conductor of the Tennessee Valley Winds, an adult community band.
Mr. Murphy is an elected member of Phi Beta Mu National Bandmasters Fraternity and has served as President of the Tennessee chapter. He has received four
Citations of Excellence and three Certificates of Merit for Marching Excellence from the National Band Association, is an elected member of Pi Kappa Lambda
National Honor Society and has been elected into the MTSU Band of Blue Hall of Fame.
Murphy is married to Lesley Lorino Murphy and they have two children; Hailey, a freshman at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Sean, age 11, along with
the family dog, Chip, a 100 pound golden retriever.
Connie Cathey is presently in her eighteenth year of serving as the Co-Director of the Columbia Central High Band in Columbia, Tennessee. She previously taught
at Whitthorne Middle School and in West Tennessee
Mrs. Cathey is a member of Tennessee Bandmasters Association, Tennessee Music Educators Association, Music Educators National Conference, Middle Tennessee
School Bands and Orchestra Association, National Education Association, Tennessee Education Association, and Maury County Education Association. She
currently is a member of the Executive Board for MTSBOA and has been on the Executive Board for TMEA and the Band of Blue Alumni Association. She has been
named to Who’s Who Among American Teachers five times. She has received three Citations of Excellence and Certificates of Merit for Marching Band Excellence
from the National Band Association. She has earned her B.M, M.Ed. and Ed.S. Degrees. Mrs. Cathey serves extensively as an adjudicator and clinician of bands.
She is married to Ken Cathey. They have two children; Rebecca, a French hornist, and Nicholas, a trumpeter.
2:40 PM
Gallatin High School Symphonic Band
Kevin Dye, David Earl & Justin Scott, conductors
A Festival Prelude
The Circus Bee
Chorale and Shaker Dance
Alfred Reed
Fillmore/Foster
John Zdechlik
Kevin Dye, a native of Hendersonville, Tennessee, is in his sixth year as the director of bands at Gallatin High School. He received his
Bachelor of Music Degree with an emphasis in performance and music education from Middle Tennessee State University.
Under his
direction, the band has consistently received superior ratings in both marching and concert receiving the Tennessee Bandmaster’s Award the
last two years. His professional affiliations include TBA, MTSBOA, TMEA, MENC, SCEA, TEA, and NEA.
David J. Earl received his Bachelor of Music Degree from Middle Tennessee State University. This is his fifth year as Assistant Director at
Gallatin High School. His professional affiliations include MTSBOA, TMEA, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity.
Justin Scott, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, is in his fifth year as director of bands at Rucker-Stewart Middle School and assistant director of
bands at Gallatin High School. Prior to this, he received a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Tennessee Technological University in
Cookeville, Tennessee. During his tenure at Rucker-Stewart Middle School, he has maintained a participation rate of twenty percent of the
student body in the band program. In the spring of 2006, he was selected as “Young Music Educator of the Year” by the Tennessee Music
Education Association. His professional affiliations include TMEA, MTSBOA, MENC, SCEA, TEA, and NEA.
3:20 PM
Ravenwood High School Wind Orchestra
David Aydelott, conductor
Fanfare for a Festive Day
Old Churches
Pageant
Roger Cichy
Michael Colgrass
Vincent Persichetti
A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, David Aydelott is the Department Chair of Fine Arts and Director of Bands at Ravenwood
High School in the Williamson County School District.
Before his appointment at Ravenwood, Mr. Aydelott served as the Director of Bands at Lexington High School in Lexington, Tennessee and at
John Overton High School in Nashville. During his tenure at those schools, students distinguished themselves both on the marching field, the
concert stage, and in individual and chamber settings.
The bands at John Overton performed across the United States, including Honolulu, Hawaii at the 60th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor
bombing where they represented the battleship USS Tennessee, as well as the opening ceremonies of the National Music Educators
Conference Convention. In 1999, the John Overton Music Department was selected as a Signature “Gold” School by the National Association
of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
Ravenwood opened in the 2002-2003 school year with only grades 9 and 10. Now in its fifth year, the Ravenwood band is creating an
outstanding reputation on the concert stage and the marching field, having received superior ratings at concert festival and marching festival,
winning multiple 1st place awards at area marching contests, and by representation at All-State and All Mid-State Band and Orchestra.
A recipient of the National Band Association’s Certificate of Merit, Mr. Aydelott is serving a second term on the Executive Board of the Middle
Tennessee School Band and Orchestration (MTSBOA), and was the Equipment Chair for the Tennessee All-State ensembles in 1998 and 1999.
Mr. Aydelott is an elected member of Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmaster Fraternity, as well as MTSBOA, Tennessee Music Educators
Association, Music Educators National Conference, Tennessee Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha.
4:00 PM
Moore County High School Concert Band
Mandy Contreras, conductor
Flight of the Thunderbird
Air for Band
Chorale and Shaker Dance II
National Emblem
Richard L. Saucedo
Frank Erickson
John Zdechlik
E.E.Bagley, arr. Calvin Custer
Built from the bottom up, the Moore County Band has made great strides. Where there were once only beginners, a proud group of leaders
emerged. Hard work became the norm as this group grew from 15 members to 43, from mediocre performances to superior ones. New
attitudes and pride came to this young group over the years, and a focus was established. The principles became clear: “You get what you
give”, leadership and family, and superior image are what truly matter. Throughout the trials and celebrations, family always remains the
main focus of the Moore County High School Band.
Mandy M. Contreras is the director of bands at Moore County High School in Lynchburg TN. There her responsibilities include teaching high
school and junior high general music, choir, percussion, and Jr. and Sr. high band. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University
with her bachelor’s degree in music education and is currently earning her masters degree in music. Ms. Contreras has worked with several
area schools since 1998 including work with the band programs of Father Ryan High School, Lincoln County High School, Community School,
Blackman Middle School, Fayetteville Jr. High School, and Shelbyville High School. She also served as director of bands for Mount Pleasant
High School for 2 years. Ms. Contreras is proud to have been welcomed into the Moore County Band family this year and looks forward to
many more fulfilling years to come with this program.
4:40 PM
Ooltewah High School Symphonic Band
Joel L. Denton, conductor
Three Fanfares (An Epic Fanfare)
Near Woodstock Town
The Witch and The Saint
With Each Sunset (Comes the Promise of a New Day)
Convergence
Julie Giroux
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Steven Reineke
Richard L. Saucedo
Roland Barrett
The Ooltewah High School Band enjoys a national reputation for musical excellence. The Ooltewah Band consistently receives Superior ratings
in all facets of the band activity including Concert, Marching, Jazz, and Solo/Ensemble contests and festivals. The Ooltewah Symphonic Band
is a eight-time recipient of the Tennessee Bandmasters Sweepstakes Award. The Symphonic Band has performed at the TMEA State Concert
Festival since its inception.
Mr. Joel L. Denton is a native of Chattanooga, TN. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education Degree from the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville and has completed graduate studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Currently, Mr. Denton serves as
Director of Bands at Ooltewah High School, a position he has held for the past twenty-five years. Under his direction, the Ooltewah Band has
achieved a national reputation for musical excellence. He has served as Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Ooltewah since 1982 and
served as the Choral Director from 1991-1997. He was selected as the Ooltewah Teacher of the Year in 2000, 2001, and 2002 and the Beta
Club Teacher of the Year in 1995. He has served as Music Director at Poplar Springs Baptist Church since 1983. He was an adjunct member of
the Chattanooga Boys Choir Staff from 1996-2002, working as a music theory instructor, vocal coach, and as an assistant director of the
choir. His professional affiliations include memberships in the Music Educators National Conference, Tennessee Music Educators Association,
East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association, Phi Beta Mu, and Tennessee Bandmasters Association. Mr. Denton currently serves as
President-Elect of the East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Association. He is active as an adjudicator and clinician for bands throughout the
Southeast. He is the founder of Covenant Consultants and works with many organizations in developing leadership and teambuilding skills.
Mr. Denton and Kerry, his wife of twenty-three years, have two children. Alex, his son, is a freshman at the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville where he is majoring in Music Education. Caroline, his daughter, is a junior at Ooltewah High School.
5:20 PM
Dickson County High School Symphony Band
Mark Kinzer, conductor
Rolling Thunder
An American Elegy
The Hounds of Spring
Henry Filmore, ed. by Fredrick Fennell
Frank Ticheli
Alfred Reed
Mark Kinzer currently serves as Director of Bands at Dickson County High School. A 1985 graduate of Brentwood High School, he received his
Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Tennessee Technological University, his Master in Music Education from Belmont University, and
is currently completing his Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at Boston University.
Mr. Kinzer’s performing ensembles consistently receive superior ratings. The Dickson County High School Band performed twice in the
nationally televised Fiesta Bowl Parade and Fiesta Bowl National Marching Band Championship. The Dickson County High School Symphony
Band consistently receives superior ratings in concert and sight-reading. Members of the Dickson County High School Band receive superior
ratings at solo and ensemble festival events and serve as members of the Tennessee Mid-State bands, orchestras, and All-State bands. Many
of Mr. Kinzer’s former students are successful music educators.
Mr. Kinzer has performed and served as guest conductor with local high schools and school honor bands as well as band programs
throughout the Unites States and Europe. He is a former member of the Nashville Wind Ensemble. He is a member of the National Band
Association, American School Band Directors Association, Tennessee Band Masters Association, Phi Mu Alpha, Music Educators’ National
Conference, National Education Association, and Middle Tennessee Band and Orchestra Association where he served on the executive
committee as high school representative and currently serves on the score grading committee and as chairman of concert festival. He has
received numerous nominations for Who’s Who among America’s Teachers and is a multi-recipient of the Tennessee Governor’s School for
the Arts Outstanding Teacher Award. He is also a recipient of the High School Stars Award presented by US bank and WSMV. Mr. Kinzer and
his wife, Robbin reside in Dickson and are members of Walnut Street Church of Christ.
6:00 PM
Beech High School Concert Band
Creighton H. Miller & R. Adam Clark, conductors
Russian Folk Dance
Fate Of The Gods
Dan Rager
Steven Reineke
The Beech High School Band from Hendersonville, Tennessee has a long tradition of excellence. The band has consistently received superior
ratings at the MTSBOA concert festival. Beech has also performed in the Magical Music Days of Disney's Parade of Lights, and will be
returning there this year. Beech was a finalist in the Mid-South invitational this past fall, and also was the grand champion for the Giles
County Invitational. Beech was the recipient of the Glenn Sigmond Sr. award for musicianship. At the Bandmaster's Championship at the
University of Memphis this fall Beech placed in the top ten bands from the day-long event. The Beech band has been recognized for its
outstanding concert, jazz, and marching programs. Beech was honored to perform at the TMEA State Concert Festival this year.
Adam Clark is in his fifth year as director of bands at Thomas William Hunter Middle School and Beech High School in Hendersonville,
Tennessee. Adam was a graduate of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. As the son of a minister, Clark lived five states growing up,
and he enjoyed the privilege of being surrounded by music both at home and in school. Having four ministers of music and two band
directors in the family, there was more than enough direction to pursue a career in music. He is highly involved in the music program with
his church, First Baptist Church of Nashville. Clark served on the music staff for Camp of the Woods in Speculator, New York and performed
in Washington DC with the FMTA honor band. Clark also participated in Proclamation vocal ensemble while at Union. He was listed in both
“Who’s Who Among College Students,” as well as “Who’s Who Among American Teachers.” Adam is a graduate of the Impact Leadership
program by Synergists, Inc. He is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, TMEA, MTSBOA, Tri-M, and MENC.
Creighton Miller received his B.M.A.S degree from the University of Delaware and has taken graduate courses at the Berkelee School of
Music, the University of Miami, and Tennessee Tech. He moved to the Nashville area in 1990, and has been the Director of Bands at Beech
High School and T.W. Hunter Middle School since then. Mr. Miller also enjoys a lucrative performance career in Nashville and is currently the
trombonist in the General Jackson Showboat Orchestra. He is a member of M.T.S.B.O.A., T.M.E.A., M.E.N.C., the A.F. of M. Nashville Local
#257, and the N.R.A. He and his wife Carolyn, reside in Hermitage.
6:40 PM
Henry County High School Band
Eric Majors & Brian Burkett, conductors
Prairie Dances
Chant and Jubilo
Australian Up-Country Tune
Dominion of the Sky
David R. Holsinger
W. Francis McBeth
Percy Grainger
David Shaffer
The Henry County High School Band combines students from Henry County High School and the E.W. Grove 9th Grade School, both in Paris,
Tennessee. The Concert Band is making its second consecutive appearance at the TMEA State Concert Festival this year, while the 90 member
Marching Band consistently earns numerous class and overall championships at competitions throughout the region. The band program also
includes competitive Winter Guard and a very active Jazz Band which performs regularly during the late fall and spring, and has recently
enjoyed the opportunity to perform with noted guest soloists from across Tennessee. The Marching Band recently performed at Walt Disney
World in Orlando, Florida and is currently making plans for a performance in Chicago, Illinois in the spring of 2008.
Eric Majors became the seventh Director of the Henry County High School Band in the summer of 2004. He holds a B.S. in Music Education
from Austin Peay State University and an M.M. in Music Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His previous teaching positions
include Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee and Cameron Junior High School in Cameron, Texas. He resides in Paris with his wife
Becki and son Grant.
Brian Burkett is the Assistant Director of the Henry County High School Band and the Director of the Henry Elementary School Band, which
under his leadership has grown to well over 100 students in grads 6-8. A Graduate of Lexington High School and the University of
Tennessee, he has held pervious teaching positions in Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
7:20 PM
Antioch High School Wind Symphony
Scott Miller, conductor
Flight of the Thunderbird
Brighton Beach March
The Weaver's Tale
In Flight
Richard Saucedo
William P. Latham
Scott E. Miller
Samuel R. Hazo
Established in 1953, the Antioch High School Band has the distinction of being one of the oldest band programs in Nashville. In 2001 Scott
Miller took the reins as the Director of Bands. Since that time the band has grown to include the Marching Band, The Symphonic Band, The
Wind Ensemble and The Wind Symphony. Under the direction of Mr. Miller, the band has set out on a renewed pursuit of excellence, earning
the first TBA Sweepstakes award in the history of the school in 2006. In 2007, the Band raised the bar again by earning Superior ratings with
both the Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band at the MTSBOA Concert Festival.
Scott Miller, a native of Dallas, attended Duncanville High School graduating in 1987. From there he pursued his Bachelor of Music Education
degree at Middle Tennessee State University. While at MTSU, Scott honed his arranging skills writing for the MTSU Pep Band, the Band of Blue,
and premiered his first original composition for Big Band with the Blues Crusade. He was also an active member of Phi Mu Alpha, serving as
Music Director.
Upon graduation in 1996, Mr. Miller began his teaching career at Grundy County High School. He is currently the Director of Instrumental
Music at Antioch High School where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, String Orchestra, and Marching Band
and Music Theory. The band has consistently received Superior awards in both Marching and Concert Programs.
As a trumpeter, Scott has toured with Sam Moore, as well as the legendary Jordanaires. He has also recorded with the country artist David Ball.
He also held the position of Co-Principal trumpet with the Tennessee Valley Winds, under the direction of Joseph T. Smith, and later with Rick
Murphy and Terry Jolley. Scott is an active arranger and composer, writing shows for marching bands in the Middle Tennessee and Western
Kentucky areas, as well as Wind Band transcriptions, and and Concert Band Arrangements. As a composer he has had his original music
performed on the marching field, on the concert stage, and in the indoor percussion arena. Scott’s professional affiliations are with MTSBOA,
TMEA, TBA, NBA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and MENC. He has also acted as Co-Equipment Chair for the Tennessee All State Conference.
Scott is married to his wife Caryn, and together they have 3 wonderful boys, Chase, Cameron, and Colin.
8:00 PM
Jackson County High School Band
Carroll Gotcher, conductor
Fire!
The Old Kingdom (Commission)
Bold Venture
Overture in C Minor
Sinfonia Six (Wind, Earth, Water, Fire)
Gary Gilroy
Ben McMillan
Robert Jager
Eric Osterling
Timothy Broege
Jackson County Band. Gainesboro. Grades 7-12. 32 players. The band has toured Toronto, Canada, Niagara Falls,
NY, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, PA, Louisville, KY, Atlanta, GA, San Antonio, TX, and Birmingham, AL.
Carroll Gotcher, director. B.S. TN Tech University, M.S. UT Knoxville. Active clinician and freelance performer and
teacher on euphonium and trombone. Founder of Euphouria euphonium quartet. Contributer to "The Euphonium
Source Book". Member of TMEA, NEA, MTSBOA, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Wife, Jane Anne,
and children Kira (7) and Vance (4).
8:40 PM
Harpeth High School Band
Gary Merritts, Andy Reins & Dan McNally, conductors
El Capitan
Aase’s Death
Southwinds
John Philip Sousa, arr. Jack Bullock
Edvard Grieg, arr. Gary E. Merritts
Douglas Court
The Harpeth High “Band of Blue” has a proud tradition going back to 1986 as it first began competing in Marching Contests, and participated
in it's first Concert Festival without a Senior Class. Since that time, Harpeth has received many Excellent and Superior Ratings in Concert and
Sight-Reading. It has also had a very active participation in our Regional Solo Festival bringing home 95% Superior and Excellent Ratings. The
Harpeth High Marching Band first made the Division I Finals in 1986. In 1992 the Marching Band was moved to Division II. Since then, the
Harpeth Band has made the State Finals in 12 of those 14 years. The Harpeth High “Band of Blue” was crowned Division II State Champions in
both 2002 and 2003.
Gary E. Merritts has been the director of the Harpeth High School Band since it's inception as a Middle School Band in 1979. Gary is a 1976
graduate of Tennessee Tech. University under the direction of Dr. Wayne Pegram. Gary is a member of MTSB&OA, TMEA, MENC, NBA, TBA,
ASBDA, Phi Mu Alpha, and Phi Beta Mu. Member of the Nashville Wind Ensemble from 1991 - present. Executive Secretary for M.T.S.B.O.A.
from 1995 to present. Teacher of the Year for Harpeth High School in 1986. Teacher of the Year for Cheatham County in 2003. (High School
Grades ). Distinguished Teacher of the Year for Harpeth High 2003. Apple 4 the Teacher award from Channel 4, 2004. Active Adjudicator
throughout the State at Solo, Marching, and Concert Festivals.
Andy Rein is currently in his third year as Assistant Director of Bands at Harpeth High School. His duties include assisting with the marching,
concert and jazz bands and assisting students in preparing for regional honor bands and solo festivals. Mr. Rein received a Bachelor of
Science with an emphasis in Music Education from Austin Peay State University. While attending Austin Peay, Mr. Rein was a member of the
Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Faculty Brass Quintet and numerous other ensembles. He then received a Master of Music Performance from
DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois where he studied privately with Charles Vernon, bass trombonist of the Chicago Symphony, and Floyd
Cooley, retired tubist with the San Francisco Symphony. While at DePaul, Mr. Rein played with the Wind Ensemble, Trombone Choir, and with
the highly acclaimed DePaul Jazz Band under the direction of Bob Lark, along with numerous freelance activities. Mr. Rein is currently a
resident of Nashville Tennessee.
Friday, April 27, 2007
9:00 AM
Hickory Ridge Middle School Orchestra
Philip A. Joyner, Jr., conductor
Celtic Dance
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Variations On An Irish Tune
Mark Williams
Traditional
Brian Balmages
Our Hickory Ridge Middle School Orchestra program is new. Our school is only six years old and I have directed the Orchestra for the last
four years. This 2007 performance at Austin Peay State University is our first performance outside of Memphis Tennessee. The Orchestra
students have earned Superior ratings in the district festival for each of these four years. In addition to the district festival the Hickory Ridge
Middle School Orchestra performs for many local events. We are proud of our Wildcat Orchestra- GO WILDCATS!
For twenty years now Philip Joyner has entertained audiences from around the world at the world famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis
Tennessee. His performances range from solo piano to orchestra conducting and everything in between. Last fall his solo piano CD, “By
Special Request” was released.
Philip enjoys freelancing on both piano and trumpet. You may have seen him perform for the audiences of
the Orpheum theatre where Philip has been on staff for several years. He has worked with a few legends including Bobby “Blue” Bland, Billy
Preston and Vanessa Williams.
By night he performs and by day he teaches. He is a veteran instructor in the local school system where his student groups continuously win
top honors.
He is a member of several professional organizations including the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
(Grammy’s),Music Educators National Conference, and International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) and Kappa Delta Pi.
Honors include Outstanding Young Men In America 1987, 1989, and 1992. Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 1994/2005, Who’s Who
In America 2004/2005 and Who’s Who in The World nominee for 2006. Philip serves on the board for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and
is the President of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program.
He and his super wife Joanne have five children who all perform on string
instruments. The family has two collies, Duchess Ella Fitzgerald Joyner and Sir Duke Ellington Joyner.
9:40 AM
Freedom Middle School Concert Band
Mark Garey, Jim Golden, & Carole Grooms, conductors
Under the Double Eagle
Songs of the Whalemen
Peregrin - A Traveler's Tale
Bourbon Street Barbeque
J.F. Wagner, arr. Andrew Balent
Elliot Del Borgo
Douglas Akey
John Edmondson
Freedom Middle School is part of the Franklin Special School District in Franklin, Tennessee. The band program consists of students in grades
6-8. A well rounded program of pep band, parade marching band, concert band, jazz band, small ensembles, honor band tryouts and solo
and ensemble festivals are taught to the approximately 200 students in the program. Each year, the band places students in various regional
honor bands and has consistently scored Superior ratings at the MTSBOA concert festival. In the spring, students are required to participate in
two solo and ensemble festivals where a large number of events entered receive superior ratings. The Freedom Band performed at the 2000
TMEA convention in Nashville, TN and this past November the Jazz Band performed at the NMSA (National Middle School Association)
convention at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Mark Garey, Jim Golden and Carole Grooms are the directors and have taught this band
together, now in the 17th year. The band is a seven-time recipient of the Tennessee Bandmasters Association sweepstakes award. Principal
Kristi Jefferson, of Freedom Middle School, is a past recipient of the outstanding administrator award presented annually at the TMEA
Convention. We are honored to perform for the second consecutive year at this year’s TMEA state concert festival.
Mark E. Garey is a native of Savannah, Tennessee. He attended Middle Tennessee State University as a trumpet major, graduating in 1984
with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. He received his Master’s degree in 1991 and Educational Specialist’s degree in 2006. Both of
these degrees were also from MTSU. He is presently in his 23rd year of teaching.
James O. Golden is a native of McKenzie, Tennessee where he attended McKenzie High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Education
from Bethel College, his Master’s in Administration from Tennessee State University, and holds Certificates of Completion for the Advanced
Courses at the United States Navy School of Music in Norfolk, VA. He has been teaching band in Middle Tennessee for 42 years!
Carole Smith Grooms is a native of Winchester, Tennessee. She attended Tennessee Technological University as a piano major, graduating in
1984 with a B.S. in Music Education. She is presently working to complete a Master of Arts in Music Education. She will complete her 23rd year
of teaching this year.
10:20 AM
Soddy-Daisy Middle School Concert Band
Anthony Henderson, conductor
March Ceremonial
Annabel Lee
Flight From The Hills
The Falling Rain
Engines of Resistance
Robert Sheldon
Douglas E. Wagner
Tracy O. Behrman
James Swearingen
Larry Clark
The Soddy-Daisy Middle School "Sound of Soddy" is a one hundred-plus member group in grades six through eight located twenty miles
north of Chattanooga in Soddy-Daisy. Students feed into the Soddy-Daisy High School band under the direction of Rick Chambers. In the past
several years the band has performed successfully at ETSBOA festivals, recently earning Superior ratings. We have also performed at the
Gatlinburg Fiesta-val, earning first in class and Middle School Champion trophies, twice at Orlando's Heritage Festival, earning Gold, Silver,
and Second Place plaques, and will be performing this year at the Myrtle Beach Heritage Festival. Our membership and retention have
increased over the past few years and we have recently started a Stage Band to perform various styles of popular music.
Anthony Henderson has been the director of bands at Soddy-Daisy Middle and an assistant at Soddy-Daisy High since 2001. His previous
directing positions have included Lookout Valley Middle and High Schools, Hixson Middle School, and Lafayette Middle and High Schools in
Lafayette, GA. During this time his bands have received numerous Superior and Excellent ratings, including Middle School Champion at the
2004 Fiesta-val in Gatlinburg, TN, Superior ratings overall and in sight-reading at the ETSBOA festival, Gold and Second in Class at the
Heritage Orlando festival, and First Place, Class A at the Sequoyah Invitational Marching Band Festival. Mr. Henderson received his B.S. and
M.M. in Music Education from the University of Chattanooga, where he performed with the marching, concert, and jazz bands, orchestra, and
percussion ensemble. Other honors include Tennessee All-State Band, Collegiate All-State Percussion Ensemble, and member of the Canton
(OH) Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps. Mr. Henderson is a member of the Music Educators' National Conference, Tennessee Music Educators'
Association, East TN School Band and Orchestra Association, Chattanooga Musicians Union, and Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity. He lives in
Chattanooga with his wife, Misty. His other activities include percussionist for the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and racing a Formula
Vee in Sports Car Club of America road racing events.
11:00 PM
Maryville Intermediate 6th Grade Wind Ensemble
George Hayden & RoAnn Romines, conductors
To be selected from:
Star-Spangled Banner
Key/Smith, arr. Sweeney
Old Irish Tune
Daehn
Newcastle Overture
O'Reilly
America the Beautiful
Bates/Ward, arr. Sweeney
Phantom of the Opera
Webber/Hart/Batt, arr. Sweeney
The Sphinx
Gilroy
Colonel Bogey
Alford, arr. Williams
Maryville Intermediate School offers daily instruction to three 5 grade band classes and three 6th grade band classes. The MIS Wind Ensemble
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meets after school only twice weekly. The MIS Wind Ensemble has participated in numerous band festivals over the past six years compiling
36 “superior ratings” and 4 “excellent ratings.” The MIS Band usually participates in classifications that include middle school, junior high and
even high school bands in grades II and II music. The MIS 6th Grade Wind Ensemble has received an invitation to perform at the 2007 Midwest
Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago this coming December. The MIS Band is under the direction of George Hayden and RoAnn Romines.
George Hayden is in his 12th year as a band director with the Maryville City School System. Mr. Hayden judges numerous band contests and
has conducted clinics in Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. He has developed the G. W. Hayden School of Conducting for Drum Major for 23
years. Mr. Hayden is also the music director at Central United Methodist in Knoxville, Tennessee. He obtained his B.S. Degree from the
University of Tennessee and is pursuing his master’s degree in administration and supervision from Lincoln Memorial University. His
professional memberships include MENC, TSSBDA and ETSB&OA, where he serves as middle area representative.
RoAnn Romines received a Bachelor of Music in instrumental music from MTSU and a Master of Music Education from Indiana University. She
is currently employed at Maryville Intermediate School as Assistant Director of Bands. Ms. Romines also teaches clarinet lessons privately.
Mrs. Romines has been a music director in Tennessee, Texas, West Germany, Santo Domingo, at MTSU and with Phantom Regiment. She is an
active member of Delta Omicron, Music Educators National Conference, British Society for Music Education, Texas Music Ed Assoc. and the
International Clarinet Society.
11:40 AM
Collegedale Academy Concert Band
Richard Hickam & Mark Torsney, conductors
1812 Overture
P.I. Tchaikovsky, arr. By Mark Williams
Folk Song Suite
R. Vaughan Williams
March-“Seventeen Com Sunday”
Intermezzo- “My Bonny Boy”
March-“Folk Songs from Somerset”
Rush
Samuel R. Hazo
Collegedale Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist high school serving grades 9-12 in Collegdale, Tennessee. The school has 418 students, is
SACS accredited since 1938, and was founded in 1892. The Collegedale Academy Concert Band was awarded with a one rating at the East
Tennessee Concert Festival last year on only their second appearance at the festival in recent memory. The band takes a tour each year. Last
year they enjoyed the sights and tastes of Chicago and this year they toured Orlando with a Disney World performance.
While the band is excited about playing at a high level, the commitment of the ensemble remains Christ-centered. The band’s performances
over the course of the school year are 80 percent sacred and 20 percent secular. The majority of the performances are for church services,
with other yearly outreach concerts for the mentally disabled and at a community family center.
Richard Hickam is band and orchestra director at Collegedale Academy and A.W. Spalding Elementary School in Collegedale, Tenessee, where
he has taught since 2000. A native of San Diego, California, Hickam graduated from Southern Adventist University in 2000 with a bachelor's
degree in music education. He completed an M.Mus. in music education at Vandercook College of Music in Chicago in 2005, graduating as
president of the class.
Richard is the founding conductor of the East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra which premiered last year. Richard is also a contributing writer
for the next “Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra” Vol. 3 for his analysis of the Albinoni-Adagio.
12:20 PM
Siegel High School Concert Band
Randy Rhody & Ed Medford, conductors
Psalm Tune Variations
Festa
James Curnow
Elliot Del Borgo
Randy Rhody has been the Director of Bands at Siegel High School since the school's inception in 2003. Mr. Rhody is a
graduate of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has held tenure as band director at DeKalb County High School, in
Smithville, Tennessee, and at Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, TN prior to his appointment at Siegel. Mr. Rhody's bands
gained a reputation for excellence at each of the schools in both marching and concert. Having performed in twelve states,
the bands under Rhody's direction have earned hundreds of superior ratings.
Ed Medford has been the assistant director of bands at Siegel High School since the school's inception in 2003. The Siegel
High School Band program consists of three concert band classes, a jazz band, two percussion ensembles, a color guard
class and a championship marching band. Mr. Medford is a graduate of MTSU in Murfreesboro.
1:00 PM
Tennessee High School Symphonic Band
Kevin D. Hebert & Randall S. McCoy, conductors
Jubilus
Sleep
Currents
Albanian Dance
Jan Van der Roost
Eric Whitacre
Robert W. Smith
Shelley Hanson
The Bristol Tennessee High School "Mighty Viking Band" was organized in 1930 and has had a long, rich tradition of excellence in concert
band and marching band performances. In recent years, the Symphonic Band has performed at the TMEA State Concert Band Festival,
ETSBOA Concert Festival, University of South Carolina Honor Band Clinic and Director's Symposium, New York City, and The Lord Mayor's St.
Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, the Marching Band has represented the state of Tennessee in The Lord Mayor's Day
Parade in Dublin Ireland and The National Independence Day Parade in Washington D.C. This year, the Tennessee High School Marching Band
accepted the award of class IV Open State Champions in the USSBA Southern States Championship in Chattanooga, TN and then went on to
receive 5th place in class IV in the USSBA National Championship in Annapolis, MD
The Tennessee High School "Mighty Viking Band" is under the direction of Mr. Kevin D. Hebert. This is Mr. Hebert's fifth year at Tennessee
High School. A native of South Carolina, Mr. Hebert graduated from the University of South Carolina, with a Bachelor's Degree in Music
Education. While attending USC, Mr. Hebert served as Vice President of the Delta Sigma chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. Hebert also
marched with the World Champion Drum and Bugle Corps, The Cadets of Bergen County. He is a member of MENC, NBA, ETSBO&A, TBA, and
TMEA.
Randall S. McCoy is director of bands at George W. Vance Middle School and assistant director of Bands at Bristol Tennessee High School. Mr.
McCoy is a native of East Tennessee and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. McCoy also holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Mr. McCoy maintains membership in E.T.S.B.O.A., TMEA, NBA, TBA as well as memberships in Phi Beta Mu and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. McCoy
has served on the Board of Directors for both the E.T.S.B.O.A. and TMEA. Mr. McCoy has served as clinician and adjudicator in Tennessee,
Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
1:40 PM
Siegel High School Symphonic Band
Randy Rhody & Ed Medford, conductors
Emperata Overture
Irish Tune from County Derry
Andrea Chenier
Claude T. Smith
Percy Grainger
Umberto Giordano
Randy Rhody has been the Director of Bands at Siegel High School since the school's inception in 2003. Mr. Rhody is a
graduate of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has held tenure as band director at DeKalb County High School, in
Smithville, Tennessee, and at Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, TN prior to his appointment at Siegel. Mr. Rhody's bands
gained a reputation for excellence at each of the schools in both marching and concert. Having performed in twelve states,
the bands under Rhody's direction have earned hundreds of superior ratings.
Ed Medford has been the assistant director of bands at Siegel High School since the school's inception in 2003. The Siegel
High School Band program consists of three concert band classes, a jazz band, two percussion ensembles, a color guard
class and a championship marching band. Mr. Medford is a graduate of MTSU in Murfreesboro.
3:20 PM
Community High School Wind Symphony
Stephen B. Givens, conductor
Procession of the Nobles
Chorale & Alleluia
Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon
Toccata
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Leidzen
Howard Hanson
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Girolamo Frescobaldi, arr. Slocumb
Community School is a rural K-12 public school in Bedford County. The 7th-12th grade wing serves 611 students with 45 full-time faculty.
The band program consists of 115 students in 3 bands. The bands consistently receive superior ratings at marching and concert festivals and
have a high number of students that are selected to participate in regional honor bands. This year the CHS Wind Symphony will be recognized
as a 2006 Tennessee sweepstakes band. The band program at CHS has traveled to the cities of Atlanta, New York and has been invited to
perform in Hawaii next year. The CHS band program performs 4 band concerts, 2 chamber winds concerts, solo recitals, and serves the
school & community in multiple functions each year.
Stephen B. Givens is currently in his 4th year as director of bands at Community High School where he instructs every facet of instrumental
education, including music history, music theory and chamber winds. During his tenure at Community the band program has performed
superiorly at numerous concert and marching festivals throughout the state of Tennessee. A native of Smyrna, he graduated from LaVergne
High School and went on to earn his Bachelors of Music Education at Middle Tennessee State University. While at MTSU, Givens distinguished
himself as a conductor and as a clarinetist performing with a plethora of professional and collegiate groups throughout the United States. He
then went directly on to receive his Masters of Music, with an emphasis in conducting, at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia.
While at CSU, Givens worked with some of the best musicians in the country both for clarinet and wind band conducting including H. Robert
Reynolds, Frank Battisti, Donald Hunsberger, Eugene Corporon, Gary Hill and the late Frederick Fennell. An advocate of life long learning,
Givens plans on pursuing a doctoral degree of conducting in the future. Stephen is a member of MTSBOA, TMEA, MENC, International Clarinet
Association & The Conductors Guild.
4:00 PM
Farragut High School Concert Band
Steve Taylor & Michelle Lewis, conductors
Escape From Chronopolis
La Banda Nascente
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings
Masque
Reber Clark
B.Sbraccia, ed. Frederick Fennell
Roland Barrett
Francis McBeth
Stephen M. Taylor is a native of Columbus, Ohio. He is a 1984 graduate of Franklin Heights High School in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Carson-Newman College
in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Mr. Taylor received his bachelors of Music Degree in Education from Carson-Newman in 1988. He has been an instrumental music
teacher with Knox County Schools since 1989. He served as band director at Rule High School for two years. During that time, Mr. Taylor also assisted the Karns
High School Band. Mr. Taylor taught at Farragut Middle School for five years and has served for the past eighth years as Assistant Director of Bands at Cedar Bluff
Middle School as the Director of the Sixth Grade Band. Mr. Taylor has entered his thirteenth year as Associate Director of Bands at Farragut High School where he
works very closely with the Marching Band and directs the Farragut High School "Blue" Concert Band. Mr. Taylor's concert band has repeatedly received superior
ratings at festival and performed at the first annual Tennessee Music Educators Association's State Concert Festival in Nashville, April 2005 and has qualified to
perform at the 2006 TMEA State Concert Festival. Mr. Taylor also stays busy as a clinician for local festivals and clinics. Mr. Taylor had the privilege of directing
the Orange Concert Band at the Carson-Newman College Summer Music Camp 2005. Mr. Taylor is a member of the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra
Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Band Association, Tennessee Music Education Association, Tennessee Bandmasters Association and is
an elected member of Phi Beta Mu, International Band Masters Association. Mr. Taylor has been elected to serve a second two year term as Band Chairman for the
East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association from June 2004-2008.
Michelle Lewis is a native of Knoxville, TN, where she attended Halls High School. She attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she received her
Bachelors of Music in Education in 2000. Ms. Lewis began her teaching career at West Valley Middle School where she taught for three years. During this time she
assisted with the Farragut Marching Band in an after school capacity. In 2003, Ms. Lewis became an Associate Director of Bands at Farragut High School. Her
responsibilities include working with the Marching Band and conducting the Farragut High School "Grey" Concert Band. Ms. Lewis is a member of the East
Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association, the Tennessee Music Educators Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Band
Association, and the Tennessee Bandmasters Association. Ms. Lewis has been elected to serve as Secretary for the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra
Association beginning June 2004-2008.
4:40 PM
White House High School Wind Ensemble
Eric Scott, conductor
Bravura
Be Thou My Vision
An Outdoor Overture
Charles Duble
David Gillingham
Aaron Copland
The White House Wind Ensemble has the reputation for playing some of the most challenging music in the band repertoire and includes all
high school students as well as the most advanced Middle School musicians. White House Wind Ensemble has performed numerous times at
the National Adjudicator’s Invitational and a Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC. The Wind Ensemble concert schedule includes five
concerts per year, aside from festival performances. Several successful musicians and band directors have come from the White House Band
Program. This spring, the White House Wind Ensemble performed a concert in Washington DC. In May, the wind ensemble will be hosting the
Second Annual Alumni Band Concert, featuring University of Tennessee Trombone Professor Joseph Frye, an Alumnus of White House High
School.
The conductor of the White House Wind Ensemble is Eric J. Scott. Eric is in his first year as Director of Bands at White House High School. His
responsibilities include working with the White House Middle School Band and directing the White House Wind Ensemble. Eric is an alumnus
from Middle Tennessee State University. Before coming to White House High School, Eric was assistant director at Coffee County High School
and Middle School in Manchester, TN, a program that serves over 200 students. Some of his responsibilities included writing and teaching
drill for the Marching Band, organizing a private lessons program, and directing the Middle School Bands. In 2005, Eric worked as a counselor
with Governor’s School for the Arts where he had the privilege of conducting the Wind Ensemble in a 4th of July concert and working with
various student groups, including the brass ensemble and chamber winds. In 2003, he attended the National Trumpet Competition in
Washington DC, where he was a finalist in both the solo and ensemble division. For the past year, he has been actively involved with Capitol
Swing, a jazz band based out of Nashville and the Tennessee Valley Winds. Eric has attended various teaching and conducting workshops,
including the Mid-West Clinic in Chicago, The Northwestern Conducting Workshop, Columbus State Conducting Workshop, and a week of
workshops at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
5:20 PM
Farragut High School Symphonic Band
Ron Rogers, conductor
Overture to the 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Armenian Dances
I.
Allegro Moderato
II.
Allegro
A Movement For Rosa
Sang!
Bernard Herrmann, trans. J.D. Morsch
Aram Khachaturian, ed. Ralph Satz
Mark Camphouse
Dana Wilson
Over the years, the Farragut High School Symphonic Band has enjoyed a rich and successful history. In 1993, the Symphonic Band was the
only high school band selected to perform at the state music educator's convention. In 1994, the Farragut High Symphonic Band was one of
only three bands from the entire United States selected to perform at the National Band Association's Bi-Annual Convention. In 1997, the
Farragut High School Symphonic Band became the first band (and remains as one of only three) from the state of Tennessee selected to
perform at the prestigious Bands of America National Concert Festival. The 2000 Farragut High School Symphonic Band was the Tennessee
Bandmasters Association’s featured group at the state music education convention. The Symphonic Band consistently places many students
in both regional and state honors bands.
Ron Rogers became Director of Bands at Farragut High School in the fall of 1989 where he directs the Symphonic Band, 200+ member
Marching Admirals, and oversees all band activities. From 1990 through 1994, Mr. Rogers served two terms as President of the East
Tennessee School Band & Orchestra Association. He once again served as president of this prestigious organization from in 2004-2006; the
first individual elected to separate terms in over 50 years. Mr. Rogers was selected as a guest clinician for the Tennessee Governor's School
for the Performing Arts Wind Ensemble during the summer of 1993. He was a finalist for the Tennessee Humanities Teacher of the Year in
1996, and has twice been the recipient of the National Band Association's Citation of Excellence (1994 and 1997). From 1994 to 1996, Mr.
Rogers has served as the Tennessee State Chair for the National Band Association. He has also served as president of the Tennessee
Secondary School Band Director's Association.
6:00 PM
Dobyns-Bennett High School Orchestra
Ross Bader, conductor
St. Paul’s Suite
I. Jig
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Intermezzo from Goyescas
Finlandia, Op. 26
Gustav Holst
Johannes Brahms, ed. William Ryden
Enrique Granados, ed. McAllister
Jean Sibelius, ed. William Ryden
Ross Bader is in his third year as orchestra director at Dobyns-Bennett High School and his first at Ross N. Robinson Middle School. He
graduated from Milligan College with a degree in Music Education. During his time at Milligan, he was the accompanist for the Milligan
College Concert Choir and also participated in Chamber Singers, Jazz Band, and the ETSU marching and concert bands. In 2003, Milligan’s
annual choir award was renamed the Ross Bader Concert Choir Award in his honor, and he was also the recipient of the award that same
year.
During Mr. Bader’s time at Dobyns-Bennett, the orchestra has received consecutive superior ratings at local concert festival. This is the
orchestra’s second appearance at the Tennessee Music Educator’s Association State Concert Festival. In the past, the orchestra has
performed at many events including two appearances at the Music Educator’s National Conference Regional Convention as well as the
Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. They have also performed locally with Kingsport’s own Symphony of the Mountains.
Mr. Bader’s teaching responsibilities include directing the 9th grade orchestra, upperclassman orchestra and symphony orchestra at DobynsBennett. He also directs the beginning string classes and the 7th & 8th grade orchestra at Ross N. Robinson. He is also an active piano
performer in the Tri-Cities area. Recently Mr. Bader was appointed as the conductor of the Symphony of the Mountains Youth Orchestra.
6:40 PM
The McCallie School Concert Band
Brent Alverson, conductor
Prairie Dances
Singapore Rhapsody
Shalom!
David Holsinger
Jacob de Haan
Philip Sparke
The McCallie School Concert Band from Chattanooga, Tennessee is made up of students from all over the U.S. and Korea. This ensemble has a
strong tradition of fraternity, leadership, and excellence, with three consecutive years of straight superior ratings at the ETSBOA Concert
Festival. The ensemble has participated in Walt Disney World’s Magic Music Days in Orlando, Florida. The McCallie Concert Band performs in
three major concerts annually, including its headliner concert Symphonia Brumalis, in addition to various smaller venues.
Members of this ensemble actively participate in ETSBOA Solo and Ensemble Festival and are consistently selected to local honor bands,
including the ETSBOA Junior and Senior Clinics, Lee University Honor Band, and the UTC Tri-State Honor Bands.
In addition to this group, members also perform with the McCallie/GPS Honors Orchestra, McCallie Jazz Band, and the McCallie Tornado Winds
Pep Band.
The McCallie Concert Band is again proud to welcome coordinate members from our sister program at Girls Preparatory School. The McCallie
Concert Band would like to extend our thanks to the McCallie Music Patrons and all the parents who support our endeavors.
Brent Alverson is in his eighth year as Director of Instrumental Music at The McCallie School. In addition to the McCallie Concert Band, he also
directs the McCallie Tornado Winds Pep Band and the McCallie Jazz Band as well as teaching music history. Prior to coming to McCallie he
taught high school band in Michigan after receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Tennessee Temple University.
He is currently working
on a Master’s degree in Music Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Mr. Alverson is a member of East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Association, Music Educators National Conference, Tennessee Bandmasters
Association, and Phi Mu Alpha.
Mr. Alverson is married to Sande Lambert, has a two-year-old daughter Kennedy, and resides on the campus of the school where he also
serves as a dorm advisor to several students.
7:20 PM
Dobyns-Bennett High School Symphonic II
Ryan Gilbert, conductor
British Eighth
Themes From Green Bushes
Metroplex
Zo Elliot / Hilmar F. Luckhard
Grainger / Daehn
Robert Sheldon
Ryan Gilbert is a native of Cleveland, Tennessee. He received his Bachelor's in Music Education from Lee University and his
Master's in Education from Tusculum College. Mr. Gilbert began his teaching career in 1997 as the interim Assistant Band
Director at Dobyns-Bennett High School. In 1998, he taught as the Band Director of Patrick Henry High School in Glade
Springs, Virginia for two years where his bands received superior ratings at state marching and concert festivals. He became
Band Director at Sullivan North High School in Kingsport, Tennessee in 2000 where he remained until becoming Associate
Band Director at Dobyns-Bennett High School in the fall of 2002.
Mr. Gilbert conducts the Symphonic Band and is the music arranger for the Dobyns-Bennett Marching Band. He has written
musical arrangements for marching bands throughout the Southeast and is an active adjudicator.
8:00 PM
South Doyle High School Concert Band
Chris Satterfield & Jon Humber, conductors
Hosts of Freedom
The Fire of Eternal Glory
Anitschka
River of Life
Karl King
D. Shostokovich, arr. Rhea
Johan Nijs
Stephen Reinicke
The South-Doyle High School Bands have repeatedly achieved superior ratings at both concert and marching events, most recently at the
2006 ETSBOA Middle Area concert festival. Superior ratings by both concert ensembles earned South-Doyle two invitations to the inaugural
TMEA State Concert Festival in 2005.
Chris Satterfield is a graduate of South-Young High School and the University of Tennessee @ Knoxville. He holds B.S. degrees in both
Industrial Engineering and Music Education. He is a former Drum Major of the University of Tennessee 'Pride of the Southland' Marching Band
during the tenure of Dr. W J Julian. While in college Mr. Satterfield was selected to the Statue of Liberty All-America Marching Band in New
York City, New York, and the All-America Constitutional Fanfare Unit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating, he served as Director of
Bands for the Oneida Special School District in Oneida, Tennessee for four years. He has served at the helm of the South-Doyle program since
1997.
Mr. Satterfield's professional affiliations include the National Band Association, Music Educators’ National Conference, Tennessee Bandmasters
Association, Tennessee Music Educators’ Association, Tennessee Secondary School Band Directors’ Association, and the East Tennessee
School Band and Orchestra Association. He has served four years as Middle Area Representative on the ETSBOA Board of Directors, finishing
his term in
2006.
Mr. Jon Humber has served at South-Doyle since 2004. Under his direction, the 2005-2006 SDMS Seventh Grade band participated in the
ETSBOA Middle Area Concert Festival, where they earned ‘excellent’ ratings from all four ajudicators. Mr. Humber has also conducted the high
school bands of East Ridge, Cleveland, Red Bank, and Oak Ridge; and the middle school bands of Cleveland and Robertsville. Professional
affiliations include MENC, the ETSB&OA, and the Tennessee Bandmaster’s Association.
8:40 PM
Dobyns-Bennett High School Symphonic I
Lafe Cook, conductor
Fanfare pour preceder La Peri
Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn
Were You There?
Country Gardens
Armenian Dances Part I
Dukas
Sparke
Lynch
Grainger
Reed
The Dobyns-Bennett Band has performed at most of the major national and international events available to high school bands. The
marching band has represented Tennessee in the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade in 1984, 1988, 1993, and 2002, the London, England
Millennium Parade in 2000, and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 2002 and 2007. Kingsport City Schools has been named a
"Top 100 School System for Music Education" the past three years and in 2006 Dobyns-Bennett was named a Grammy Signature School by
the Grammy Foundation.
The DB Symphonic Band has performed at numerous state and national conventions including the National Band Association/College Band
Directors National Association Southern Division i n 1988 and 2002, the Music Educators National Conference Southern Division in 1997,
the Tennessee Music Educator’s Association Convention in 2000 and 2004, and the prestigious Midwest International Band and Orchestra
Clinic in 2002 . In 2004 the Dobyns-Bennett Symphonic Band was awarded the Sudler Flag of Honor by the John Philip Sousa Foundation and
in 2006 they attended the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis
Lafe Cook is in his tenth year as the Director of the Dobyns-Bennett Band Program. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville where he was Drum Major of the Pride of the Southland Marching Band and a Graduate Assistant with the music department. .Mr.
Cook is the past President of the Tennessee Bandmasters Association and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the National Band
Association. He is a four-time recipient of the National Band Associations' Citation of Excellence and in 2004 was honored by the John Philip
Sousa Foundation as a Sudler Flag of Honor Laureate. He was named "Aide de Camp" to the Governor of the State of Tennessee in 2005. His
professional and honorary affiliations include the National Band Association, Tennessee Music Educators Association, East Tennessee School
Band and Orchestra Association, National Education Association, and Phi Beta Mu.
Our Hosts
The Department of Music at Austin Peay State University is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music. Housed in the state of the art
Music/Mass Communication Building, the department is home to 20 full-time faculty and professional staff members and 175 undergraduate and graduate music majors. It offers
comprehensive and quality undergraduate and graduate degree programs, which develop and shape competent musicians, educators, performers, and conductors. Students are
provided with superior training under the guidance of distinguished, committed, and caring artist-teacher faculty. There are numerous opportunities for solo and ensemble
experience in large and small vocal and instrumental ensembles.
Students choose their course of study from undergraduate options in music education, performance, liberal studies and composition. Graduate students choose from music
education and performance options that include instrumental, vocal and conducting programs. The University is also home to the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, which
provides additional resources for scholarships, assistantships and unique opportunities to work one-on-one with acclaimed artists.
The University Band program offers students a variety of wind and percussion experiences. The area is made up of two concert ensembles, the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic
Band, as well as two athletic bands, the Governors Own Marching Band and the Basketball Pep Band. All of these ensembles are open to any student on campus. Wind Ensemble
is made up of a flexible pool of 45 musicians and employs rotational seating. It is open by competitive audition and meets year round. Symphonic Band meets during the spring
semester and requires a seating audition. The athletic bands support Govs football and basketball both on campus and on occasional trips. The band area also offers scholarships
to talented students majoring in fields other than music.
Gregory Wolynec is the Director of Bands and an Assistant Professor of Music at Austin Peay State University where he directs the Wind Ensemble and teaches undergraduate
and graduate conducting. In addition, Wolynec teaches courses in orchestration and instrumental music education. He recently completed a year as interim orchestra director at
Austin Peay including the spring Opera Workshop production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Prior to coming to Austin Peay, Wolynec was Director of Bands at Castleton State College
in Vermont.
Wolynec received his MM and DMA degrees in Instrumental Conducting from Michigan State University and a BM in Music Education and Clarinet Performance from SUNY
Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. Wolynec has taken additional studies in conducting at the Prague Conservatory, Czech Republic. His conducting teachers have included John
Whitwell and Timothy Topolewski. Wolynec completed his doctoral dissertation, The Original Works for Harmonie Ensemble of Johann Nepomuk Went, as the recipient of both a
Fulbright Grant to Prague, Czech Republic and a Michigan State University Graduate Merit Fellowship. His research was carried out throughout the Czech Republic, Austria,
Germany and France.
Wolynec has taught in the public schools of New York where his ensembles were routinely awarded Gold ratings at New York State Major Ensemble Festivals and performed on
trips to major cities in the northeast. As a graduate assistant to the university bands at Michigan State University he worked with each of the school’s concert and athletic
ensembles. Wolynec has been an active clinician and guest conductor of bands and orchestras in New York, New England, Michigan and Tennessee.
Andrea Brown is the assistant director of bands and director of athletic bands at Austin Peay State University where she directs the Symphonic Band, Pep Band, and “Governor’s
Own” Marching Band. Originally from Milan, Tenn., she is a graduate of APSU, where she was named Outstanding Student in Music and Madame Governor. Brown earned a
master of music degree in horn performance and a master of music education degree in instrumental conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she
studied with Dr. John Locke and served as conductor of the University Band. During her studies at UNCG, she performed as principal horn with Wind Ensemble and recorded
three commercially available CDs: A Tribute to Sousa-Live!, Internal Combustion!, and Equus!
In addition to teaching in public schools in both Milwaukee, Wisconsin and in the Dallas Metroplex, Brown has been a member of the brass faculty at Carolina Crown Drum and
Bugle Corps and is currently on the brass staff of the Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Ill. Brown was a member of the AA Brass Quintet, which won the 2001 International Brass
Quintet Competition hosted by Fred Mills at the University of Georgia. She has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, and
the Brevard Music Center Orchestra.
Brown is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, TMEA, MENC, CBDNA, and was awarded the Rose of Honor as a member of Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity.
In 2005, Brown was awarded a grant from CBDNA to study with Eugene Corporon, Dennis Fisher, and Jack Stamp at the North Texas Conducting Collegium. She has been
published in the popular series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band (Vol. 6) and the upcoming second volume of Teaching Music Through Music in Beginning Band.
Along with her duties at APSU, Brown maintains an active role as a performing musician and studio teacher as well as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Southeast.
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