Louisiana Music Educators Association All-State Concerts Mixed Choir Women’S Chorale Jazz Band Orchestra Concert Band Symphonic Band
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LOUISIANA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE CONCERTS MIXED CHOIR WOMEN’S CHORALE JAZZ BAND ORCHESTRA CONCERT BAND SYMPHONIC BAND BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA NOVEMBER 16-20, 2017 LMEA Program Template.indd 1 1/18/2018 9:25:46 AM Hall of Fame Honoree LMEA Program Template.indd 2 1/18/2018 9:25:47 AM LOUISIANA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE CONCERTS MIXED CHOIR WOMEN’S CHORALE JAZZ BAND ORCHESTRA CONCERT BAND SYMPHONIC BAND Crowne Plaza Executive Center | Baton Rouge, Louisiana November 16-20, 2017 ‘Bienvenue!’ Nous aimons enseigner la musique! C’est notre coeur! C’est la vie! Welcome to the 2017 LMEA All State Concerts. Our All-State student members are the ‘best-of the-best’ in Louisiana. They are chosen from rigorous auditions, district and state. Their musicianship and academic excellence are among the finest in our parish school systems. Congratulations to each student selected as a member of an LMEA All-State performance group. We are honored to have the support of families and community members in every concert audience. We are certain that you value the inclusion of music instruction in the education of your son or daughter. You have every reason to be proud of the accomplishments of these talented and disciplined young musicians. I am certain that you will appreciate the artistic level of performance achieved by our all-state students, their dedicated teachers, and their renowned guest conductors. The LMEA Board is a partnership of 31 music educators who invest their time and in- genuity into the excellence of this conference. Please note the names of our friends listed in the concert programs who provide instruments, risers, and other needed resources for our musicians. The business community is represented on-site with ex- hibit booths from local, state, and national companies that offer products and services available to our membership. We also join with university staff across the state to give our students the opportunity to connect with options for higher education. Our uni- versities are second to none in the nation. To begin our concerts, we recognize and award those who have made outstanding contributions toward excellence in music education: Administrators who advance the arts in their school or parish system; music educators who display major accomplish- ments within their first five years of teaching; and experienced teachers who merit election into the LMEA Hall of Fame. We love teaching music! It is our heart! It is life! LMEA Program Template.indd 3 1/18/2018 9:25:47 AM WOMEN’S CHORALE Friday, November 17, 2017 4:00 PM Ange Rawls, Conductor CONCERT PROGRAM to be selected from the following Shosholoza ............................................................................... Albert Pinsonneault A Requiem of Hope ...........................................................................J. Reese Norris Come Again Sweet Love .................................................................... John Dowland Voice Dance ...................................................................................... Greg Jasperse The Battle of Jericho ........................................................ Hogan/adapted by Eklund ANGIE RAWLS, CONDUCTOR Angie Rawls has been a choral director in the Pearl Public School district for 25 years. She is the Director of Choral Activities at Pearl High School where she directs Pearl Singers, Pearl Chamber Singers, Pearl Men’s Glee, and various ensembles. She serves as accompanist for several choral groups, as well as directing the pit orchestra for the annual Pearl High School musical production. Angie is has been serving as the pianist at First Baptist Church, Clinton, Mississippi, for the past two years. Angie has had the privilege of serving as a clinician for mass choirs in the great state of Mississippi, and also as an adjudicator in the southeastern United States. She holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, and the Master of Music Education degree from Mississippi College in Clinton. She is also a National Board-Certified Teacher. Angie is an active member Mississippi Music Educators Association and American Choral Directors Association. She currently serves as MMEA Past President and Mississippi ACDA Repertoire Specific Coordinator. Angie’s husband, Peyton Rawls, is very musical and they have two equally musical children, Jaron and Melody. STEVEN GUSTAFSON, ACCOMPANIST Steven Gustafson is currently an Adjunct Professor of Music at River Parishes Community College, and adjunct Professor of Music at Baton Rouge Community College. A very accomplished musician, this marks his Fourth year as our accompanist for the Women’s Chorale. LMEA Program Template.indd 4 1/18/2018 9:25:48 AM 2017 MEMBERS Soprano I Lisa Rious LaGrange Victoria Bachemin Lusher Meagan Rousse South Lafourche Katelyn Boudreaux Comeaux Rachel Seneff Lee Magnet Jenevieve Bourgeois Destrehan Lauren Shavor Destrehan Amber DeFatta Caddo Magnet Kristina Simon Baton Rouge High Lauren Edwards St. Louis Riley Stokes Tioga Amber Esprite MACA Taylor Tumulty Ponchatoula Heather Foreman Sulphur Camaryn Vallot Ponchatoula Molly Gaffney Dominican Caitlyn Wilson LaGrange Natalie Gunderman Lusher Alexandra Jaeger Lakeshore Alto Sydney Kircher Tioga Jessica Albert Fontainebleau Colleen Lovretich Catholic/SJA Makenzie Bourque Comeaux Rachel Medina Caddo Magnet Jaiden Brown Baton Rouge High Claire Musgrove DeQuincy Meagan Calhoun Tioga Elexis Selmon Baton Rouge High Emily Clark Northshore Courtney Semien LaGrange Willow Cook North Vermilion Amanda Sisung Cabrini Haley Dittenber Parkway Faith Stansbury West Monroe Dajanae Doucett LaGrange Bailey Touchet Kaplan Chandra Jefferson Caddo Magnet Laurielle Watkins New Iberia Madisyn Jolly Buckeye Samantha Wiley LaGrange Chelsey Kent Sumner Sheridan Mayo MACA Soprano II Iyania McClendon Ponchatoula Madison Anderson Terrebonne Catherine Mercatante Cabrini Nicole Bou Chapelle Beth Olin Thibodaux Lily Breaux Avoyelles Charter Natalie Pereria Mandeville Sophie Broussard New Iberia Katherine Rolinski Fontainebleau Courtney Cavender West Monroe Mia Trundle Caddo Magnet Zyon Zuriel Cooper Caddo Magnet Sarah Wagner Lee Magnet Shelby Dupee Lusher Amaiya Williams Tioga Jessica Haley DeQuincy Sarah Keaghey Ponchatoula Cello Kyla Kiel Caddo Magnet Yen Chu Caddo Magnet Jada Landry North Vermilion Kaylee Mancuso Baton Rouge High Annabel Powers Lusher Academic Excellence The Louisiana Music Educators Association gives additional recognition to All State members in grades 10-12 who have attained academic excellence. A student must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher to qualify for this honor. Recipients of this honor will receive a certificate. Eleventh and twelfth graders also receive a medal. These awards will be presented later in the school year to each student at their respective school. LMEA Program Template.indd 5 1/18/2018 9:25:49 AM MIXED CHOIR Saturday, November 18, 2017 4:00 PM Dr. Andre Thomas, Conductor CONCERT PROGRAM to be selected from the following To Thee, Cherubim and Seraphim” ..........................................G. F. Handel/Favazza Heilig .......................................................................................... Felix Mendelssohn Jacob’s Ladder ...................................................................................Brandon Boyd Ner, Ner ........................................................................................... Jake Runestad KwaMashu ................................................................................. Theodore Cookson Credo ............................................................................................André J. Thomas ANDRE THOMAS, CONDUCTOR André J. Thomas, the Owen F. Sellers Professor of Music, is Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University. A previous faculty member at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Thomas received his degrees from Friends University (B.A.), Northwestern University (M. M.), and the University of Illinois (D.M.A). He is in demand as a choral adjudicator, clinician, and director of Honor/All-State Choirs throughout North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and Africa. Dr. Thomas has conducted choirs at the state, division, and national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). His international conducting credits are extensive. They include conductor/clinician for the International Federation of Choral Musicians’ summer residency of the World Youth Choir in the Republic of China and the Philippines. He was also the conductor of the winter residency of the World Youth Choir in Europe and a premier performance by an American Choir (Florida State University Singers) in Vietnam. He has been the guest conductor of such distinguished orchestras and choirs as the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in England, guest Conductor for the Berlin Radio Choir and the North German Radio Choir in Germany, the Netherlands Radio Choir, The Bulgarian Radio Choir and Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, China’s People’s Liberation Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Since 1988, he has also served as Artistic Director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus. Thomas has also distinguished himself as a composer/arranger. Hinshaw Music Company, Mark Foster Music Company, Fitzsimons Music Company, Lawson Gould, Earthsongs, Choristers Guild, and Heritage Music Company publishes his