ASBDA Program 2018

The 25th Annual CONNECTICUT\ ASBDA High School Honor Band Festival 2018 Francis T. Maloney High School Sponsored by the Connecticut Chapter of the American School Band Directors’ Association SPONSORED BY: 80 Lamb Street (Rte. 116) South Hadley, MA gerrysmusicshop.com PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Bacon Academy Tom Kessler Bristol Central High School John Abucewicz Cheshire High School John Kuhner Coginchaug High School Timothy Fisher Gilbert School Scott Minnerly Guilford High School Mark Gahm Lyman Hall High School Dean DellaVecchia Lyme-Old Lyme High School Jacob Wilson Maloney High School Brian Cyr Newington High School Stephen Brookes Northwestern Regional Stephen Zimmerman Simsbury High School Lisa Abel RHAM High School Nick Kokus Torrington High School Wayne Splettstoeszer Woodstock Academy Lauren Churchill 2018-19 CONNECTICUT ASBDA OFFICERS FESTIVAL PERSONNEL Mark Gahm Symphonic Band Chair Wayne Splettstoeszer Wind Ensemble Chair Brian Cyr Site Chair CT ASBDA Officers Wayne Splettstoeszer State Chair Lisa Abel Membership Chair John Kuhner Treasurer Brian Kelly Secretary DR. ROBERT SCHWARTZ 2018 Wind Ensemble Festival Conductor Dr. Schwartz is currently the Director of Bands at Central Connecticut State University. Dr. Schwartz completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado (UC) Boulder, his Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas, and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from Duquesne University. While at Duquesne, he studied conducting extensively under Dr. Robert Cameron. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree, he taught middle school and high school band at Center Area School District for four years. Dr. Schwartz most recently served as the Director of Bands at Washburn University. His duties there included overseeing all aspects of the band program, conducting the Wind Ensemble and University Band, as well as the Washburn Marching Blues and Pep Band. He also taught classes in Conducting, Orchestration and Enjoyment of Music. He was also the Assistant Director of Bands at Drake University. JEFFREY P. LEONARD 2018 Symphonic Band Festival Conductor Jeﬀrey P. Leonard is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music, having majored in Music Education and Jazz Composition and Arranging. He holds a Master's Degree in Music Education from Boston University, and has done additional graduate study at University of Michigan, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Central Connecticut State University. After teaching for one year in the Andover, MA public schools, Mr. Leonard moved to Lexington High School where he taught for 34 years before retiring at the end of the 2016-17 school year. During his tenure in Lexington, Mr. Leonard was the recipient of the Lexington Public School Teacher of the Year award for Exemplary Teaching, the Paul Smith Hall of Fame Award from MICCA, and the MMEA Lowell Mason Award. Mr. Leonard also received the Distinguished Service award from the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Jazz Educators Association. His groups at LHS consistently won top honors at MICCA State Festivals, MAJE District and State festivals, the Berklee College of Music Jazz Festival, the University of New Hampshire Jazz Festival, Te Charles Mingus Music Festival and the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival and Competition. Mr. Leonard is currently on the Music Education faculty of Te Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he supervises student teachers and teaches Jazz Pedagogy and Freshman Seminars. In addition to his work in the classroom, Mr. Leonard is an active performer, arranger and conductor. As a saxophone and woodwind player, he performs extensively throughout New England in theaters and Boston area jazz clubs. Since his retirement, in addition to his work at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the preparatory division of New England Conservatory, Mr. Leonard has been very fortunate to be able to step back into performing again, playing for many Boston area music theatre organizations, the Lexington Symphony and other freelance engagements. WIND ENSEMBLE PROGRAM Conducted by: Dr. Robert Schwartz Athletic Festival March Sergei Prokofiev/Goldman Sleep Eric Whitacre American Hymnsong Suite Dwayne Milburn SYMPHONIC BAND PROGRAM Conducted by: Jeffrey P. Leonard Spirals of Light Sean O’Loughlin Loch Lomond Frank Ticheli Chorale and Shaker Dance John Zdechlik THE 2018 ASBDA WIND ENSEMBLE THE 2018 ASBDA WIND ENSEMBLE THE 2018 ASBDA SYMPHONIC BAND THE 2018 ASBDA SYMPHONIC BAND THE 2018 ASBDA SYMPHONIC BAND.

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