2015 All-State Music Festival Festival Schedule

Festival Participants

Guest Conductors

Participating Schools & Directors

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Welcome to the Festival Welcome to the 2015 ASAA/First National Bank It is no small task when trying to gather the Alaska All-State High School Music Festival. participants and to coordinate this weekend’s re- hearsals and concert. Many, many thanks go to Our Mission Statement: “The existence of this those who have been involved in the process of Music Festival enables outstanding high school getting these students from that first audition ses- musicians to participate as members of a select sion to the stage of West Anchorage High School statewide band, choral or music Auditorium in Anchorage, Alaska. Each of ensemble and promotes the highest stan- these students have been encouraged dards of musicianship. It is the goal by a host of parents, music directors, of this activity to foster and inspire private music teachers, adjudicators, technical achievement, aesthetic un- peers, siblings, school administra- derstanding, and critical listening tions and school boards who all real- skills that allow for the culmination of ize the power and influence that qual- a final creative musical performance ity music can have in a young person’s of the highest artistic level.” life. They have taken that extra effort to insure that this musical experience can Beginning with 972 individual auditions continue for yet another generation of young from 52 schools throughout the State of Alaska, musicians by presenting this concert this evening. the 352 students that you will see and hear this evening represent the finest of Alaska’s young Thank you, thank you! musicians. These accomplished young students, taught by 82 dedicated and equally capable school music directors, have gathered for three days of intense rehearsals with four outstanding Cam Bohman professional conductors to provide this final con- ASAA Music Festival Coordinator cert for you. What a treat you have in store! Table of Contents

• Festival Gala Concert Schedule ...... 3 • Guest Conductors ...... 5-11 • All State Conductors List ...... 13 • AMEA Awards ...... 15 • Schools & Music Directors ...... 17-19 • Past 1st Chair Awards ...... 21-25 • 2015 All-State Treble ...... 27 • 2015 All-State Mixed Choir ...... 29 • 2015 All-State Orchestra ...... 31-32 • 2015 All-State Band ...... 33-35 • Festival Supporters ...... 37

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 1 MUSIC VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Thank you for attending

ASAA seeks volunteers to this evening’s assist the ASAA MUSIC COORDINATOR with the two state music festivals GALA ALL-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL held each year. CONCERT

The ALL-STATE MUSIC We respectfully request that you remember the FESTIVAL occurs during the third week in November. following theater concert etiquette so all might have This festival showcases the an enjoyable, musical evening. finest of Alaskan musicians in four performing groups- PLEASE the All-State Band, the • No food or drinks in the auditorium All-State Mixed Choir, the All-State Orchestra and the All-State Treble Choir who • Turn off your cell phones and pagers perform in a Gala Concert after three days of intensive • No cameras or videos are allowed on stage rehearsals with national conductors. • Do not take pictures during a performance:

The STATE SOLO and • Group, first chair and candid pictures may be ENSEMBLE MUSIC FESTIVAL downloaded for free from the ASAA web site about occurs during the first thirty days after the Gala Concert. www.asaa.org week in May. This festival provides an opportunity for outstanding musicians • Stay quiet during the performance who have received superior ratings at their individual • Whistling, calling out individual student’s regional music festivals to names, etc. is not appropriate. This is a concert come to a state level music presentation vs an athletic contest. festival for further compe- tition. One student from • Not sure when to clap? each musical category is Wait and watch those around you and the conductor. then selected to perform in When the conductor turns around to face a Command Performance the audience, clap with enthusiasm. Concert at the end of the festival. If needed, exit between musical selections and/or groups.

Volunteers are needed for: • If you need to leave while a group is performing, adjudicators, accompanists, exit only between selections through the end doors preparing packets for direc- at the rear of the auditorium. tors and students, room and door monitors, festival and • You may exit through all doors at the rear concert set-up. of the auditorium between groups.

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Cam Bohman, ASAA Music Thank you for supporting Coordinator, at our young, talented, ASAA 563-3723, or at www.asaa.org. Alaskan musicians!

2 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Gala Music Festival Concert November 21, 2015 – West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska MASTER of CEREMONIES Ed Graff, ASD School Superintendent

ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR Meg Frazier, Loyola University, New Orleans, Conductor Katy Green, West Anchorage High School Choir Director, Coordinator Susan Reed, Accompanist Parismaalase Lauluke (Aboriginal song) ...... Veljo Tormis Brady Byers, Shaman Drum There Will Come Soft Rains ...... Kevin Memley Hal Nonneman, Ave Maria ...... David MacIntyre Noche de Lluvia ...... Sid Robinovitch Joshua ...... Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory Jason Edwards,

ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR Stan McGill, Garland, Texas, Conductor Ron Lange, Chugiak & Eagle River High School Choir Director, Coordinator Janet Carr-Campbell, Piano Accompanist Festival Sanctus ...... John Leavitt Percussion: Tristan Hovest, Candace Mudge, Shauna Saatzer Sicut cervus...... Giovanni Palestrina Crossing the Bar...... Gweneth Walker Now Shout...... Gerald Kemmer Simple Gifts...... arranged by Mark Hayes Stan Harris, Old Joe Clark...... arranged by Mack Wilberg Bluegrass Band: Shonti Elder, fiddle; Jim Kerr, guitar; Karl Wilhelmi, bass; Brian DeMarcus, banjo . -- Presentation of the ASAA ACADEMIC AWARD --

ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA Christopher Luther, University of Northern Colorado at Greely, Conductor Jean Lenoir, Chugiak High School Orchestra Director, Coordinator Serenade for Strings, Finale...... Pieter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Concerto Grosso Opus 6, No. 5, Mvts 1-2-5...... Firebird: Berceuse & Finale...... . ALL-STATE BAND Peter L. Boonshaft, Hofstra University, New York, Conductor George Pierce, Eagle River High School Band Director, Coordinator Mt. Everest...... Rossano Galante Rest ...... Frank Ticheli British Eighth March ...... Zo Elliott edited by Quincy Hilliard Hymn of St. James ...... Reber Clark

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 3 4 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Guest Conductor Treble Choir MEG HULLEY FRAZIER

Dr. Meg Hulley Frazier, Rita O. Huntsinger Distin- guished Professor of Music, has held the position of Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at Loyola University New Orleans since 1998; she also serves as Chair of Vocal Studies. A native of Longview, Texas, Dr. Frazier earned Bachelor of Mu- sic Education (voice and piano concentration) and Master of Music degrees at Sam Houston State University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral at LSU.

At Loyola, Dr. Frazier conducts the university’s three choral ensembles and teaches conducting and choral music education methods. Loyola have performed at state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, at Carnegie Hall, and an European tour.

In addition to her work at Loyola, Dr. Frazier is also an active professional conduc- tor; she is a regular collaborator with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Orleans Association. Dr. Frazier is in her 11th season as the Artistic Director/Conductor for NOVA (New Orleans Vocal Arts), whose three choral en- sembles present a wide array of concerts each season. Dr. Frazier has conducted high school honor choirs in twelve states, including all-state choirs in Louisiana, Kentucky, Florida, and Tennessee. This is Dr. Frazier’s first visit to Alaska, and she is super pleased that it is in conjunction with working with the fantastic women of the Treble All-State Choir!

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 5 6 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Guest Conductor Mixed Choir STAN McGILL

Stan McGill taught 33 years in secondary choral music education in Texas and Missouri. Professional positions include Texas Music Educators Association Vocal Chair, and President of both TMEA and South- west American Choral Directors Association. He has served on numerous TMEA, TCDA and ACDA committees including Program for the 2009, 2013 & 2017 National ACDA Conferences. He is active as an adjudicator, speaker, director and clinician throughout the .

He was one of four national authors for the Warner Brothers Music Expression Textbook for Secondary Choirs. Mr. McGill, along with co-author Dr. Morris Ste- vens, wrote “90 Days to Sightreading Success” and “Another Sightreading Success” available through AMC Publications. Their middle school sight reading methods book “18 Lessons to Sightreading Success” is available through Hal Leonard. His choral methods book “Beyond ”, is also published by Hal Leonard and co-authored with Elizabeth Volk. His choral arrangements are available through Shawnee Press and he is editor of the Stan McGill Choral Series with Hal Leonard.

Mr. McGill has had extensive leadership service with ACDA and his articles have been published in the Southwestern Musician, Common Times, Choral Journal, and Texas Sings. He has directed numerous honor choirs including all state choirs in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Car- olina. He directed the the 2008 SWACDA 8-10 Boys Honor Choir in Kansas City. His choirs have performed nine times for TMEA, SWACDA and National ACDA Conventions and have made 3 European tours.

A native of Sikeston, Missouri, Mr. McGill graduated from William Jewell College and received his master’s degree from Arizona State University.

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 7 8 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Guest Conductor Orchestra CHRISTOPHER LUTHER

Violist, violinist, conductor, arranger, and devoted pedagogue, Dr. Christopher Luther has established himself as a uniquely gifted performer and teacher through his diverse musical background and uncan- ny ability to reach and inspire youth.

As a violist, Luther’s primary instructors were Donald McInnes and Roger Myers. He received his Doctor- ate of Musical Arts in Performance from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas. He received his Masters Degree from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in performance under the tutelage of Eudice Shapiro and Martin Chalifour. Born in Denver, he began his performance career at the age of eight, fiddling at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Since then, he has continued his diverse musical training with an under- graduate degree in Violin Performance and Jazz studies from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.

Luther produced his first CD entitled Personality consisting of virtuosic bluegrass music supported by jazz concepts including original compositions. In Los Angeles Luther has played in soundtracks with a few on-screen performances, most notably in The Soloist. He collaborated with artists including Burt Bacharach, Stevie Won- der, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Ruben Studdard, James Moody, Jon Faddis, Nancy Wilson, Richard Green and many others including a performance on the Jay Leno Show with Sarah Barrielles.

Luther is violin and viola faculty at the Montecito International Music Festival in Southern California. He is the co-founder and co-director of Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp in Colorado (rmfiddle.com). Luther is also the founder and director of the annual Colorado Viola Celebration, held at the University of Northern Colorado.

Luther is in demand as an all-state clinician and guest artist as he is able to teach, perform, and connect classical and folk traditions to all ensemble sizes.

In addition to the Assistant Professor of Viola appointment at the University of North- ern Colorado, Luther added Alternative Styles to the string curriculum, making it one of few schools in the nation to offer such program diversity.

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 9 10 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Guest Conductor Band PETER LOEL BOONSHAFT

Called one of the most exciting and exhilarating voices in music education today, Peter Loel Boonshaft has been invited to speak or conduct in every state in the nation and around the world. Honored by the National Association for Music Ed- ucation and Music For All as the first recipient of the “George M. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education,” Dr. Boonshaft has recently been named Director of Education for Jupiter Band Instruments. He has received official proclamations from the Governors of five states and a Certificate of Appreciation from former President Ronald Reagan, as well as performing for former President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and for Margaret Thatcher, for- mer Prime Minister of the . He has been awarded membership in Pi Kappa Lambda and Alpha Chi, as well as twice receiving the University of Hart- ford Regent’s Award and that University’s Outstanding Music Educator Award. His honors also include being selected three times as a National Endowment for the Arts “Artist in Residence,” three times awarded Honorary Life Membership in the Tri-M Music Honor Society, and being selected for the Center for Scholarly Research and Academic Excellence at Hofstra University.

He holds Bachelor of Music (Summa Cum Laude), Master of Music Education in Conducting, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. Dr. Boonshaft was also awarded a Connecticut General Fellowship for study at the Kodály Musical Training Institute, from which he holds a Certificate. He is currently on the faculty of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he is Professor of Music and Director of Bands. He is Conductor of the Hofstra University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, and professor of conduct- ing and music education. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Boonshaft was on the faculty of Moravian College and the University of Hartford. He was Founder and Music Director of the Pennsylvania Youth Honors Concert Band and the Connecticut Valley Youth Wind Ensemble. In addition, he held the post of Music Director and Conductor of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony of Boston.

Dr. Boonshaft is the author of the critically acclaimed best-selling books Teaching Music with Passion, Teaching Music with Pur- pose, and Teaching Music with Promise, as well as his first book for teachers of other disciplines, Teaching with Passion, Purpose and Promise. He is also co-author of Alfred Music Publishing’s new beginning method book series, Sound Innovations for Band and Sound Innovations for Strings, as well as Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band and Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band. In addition, he is the author of Vaclav Nelhybel: His Life and Works, the only authorized biography of the composer, a contributing author of The Music Director’s Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Program, and author of articles for Instrumentalist Magazine, the National Band Association Journal, Teaching Music, and Band Director’s Guide. Dr. Boonshaft also holds the post of Band/Wind Ensemble Editor for the School Music News. Active as a proponent of new literature for concert band, he has commissioned and conducted over forty world premieres by such notable composers as Eric Ewazen, W. Francis McBeth, Johan de Meij, Fisher Tull, H. Owen Reed, Vaclav Nelhybel, David Gillingham, Philip Sparke, Satoshi Yagisawa, Rossano Galante, Sam Hazo, Andrew Boysen, Brian Hogg, Robert W. Smith, David Holsinger, Stephen Melillo, Roland Barrett, and Jared Spears. Among the soloists who have appeared in performance with Dr. Boonshaft are John Marcellus, Maynard Ferguson, Harvey Phillips, The Boston Brass, Eugene Rousseau, Marianne Gedigian, Ed Shaughnessy, Lynn Klock, Don Butterfield, The Dallas Brass, Dave Steinmeyer and the “Airmen of Note,” Chester Schmitz, and the Vienna Schubert Trio.

Extremely active as a guest conductor, clinician and speaker for conferences, festivals, concerts and workshops nationally and internationally, he has guest conducted the NAfME (The National Association for Music Education) National High School Honors Band, NAfME All-Eastern Band, NAfME All-Northwest Band, NAfME All-Eastern Directors Band, Goldman Memorial Band, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band, U.S. Marine Band New Orleans, Western International Band Clinic, Prague Castle Guard/ Czech Police Symphonic Band, U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools: Europe Honors Music Fest Band, and the Asso- ciation of Concert Bands National Conference Band. In addition, he has been an adjudicator and clinician for the Music For All/ Bands of America National Concert Band Festival. He has served as a speaker for the Canadian Music Educators Association National Convention, NAfME National Conference, American Band College, Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, Music For All/Bands and of America Symposium, Samuel Barber Institute for Music Educators, Music Education Center of America, East Asia Regional Council of Schools in China, Ministry of Education Band Conference, KIPP National School Summit, NESA Council of Overseas Schools Conferences in and The , and as keynote speaker for the NAfME Northwest Division Conference, NAfME Southern Division Conference, European Music Educators Convention, National Convention of the American String Teachers Association, National Convention of the American School Band Directors Association, ACDA Western Division Conference, Maryborough Music Conference of , National Conference of the Or- ganization of American Kodály Educators, and numerous international, national, state and regional music education conferences.

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 11 12 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival All-State Conductors List ALASKA ALL-STATE BAND CONDUCTOR’S LIST: 1992 Richard Sparks, Pacific Lutheran University 2015 Peter L. Boonshaft, Hofstra Univeristy, New York 1991 Fritz Mountford, Ball State University 2014 Edward Higgins, Portland State University 1990 Axel Theimer, St. John’s Collegeville, Minnesota 2013 Eric Hammer, Pacific Conservatory of Music 1989 Paul Schultz, University of Puget Sound 2012 Timothy Salzman, 1988 Weston Noble, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 2011 Peter L. Boonshaft, Hofstra University, New York 1987 Paul Salamunovich 2010 Jack Stamp, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1986 Carlye Weiss, University of Wyoming 2009 Wayne Gorder, Kent State University, Ohio 2008 Grant K. Okamura, University of Hawaii at Manoa ALASKA All-STATE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR’S LIST: 2007 Peter Boonshaft, Hofstra University 2015 Christopher Luther, University of Northern Colorado, Greely 2006 Henry Miyamura, University of Hawaii 2014 Russell Guyver, University of Northern Colorado 2005 Timothy Salzman, University of Washington 2013 Nobuyoshi Yasuda, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 2004 Robert Ponto, University of Oregon 2012 Anthony Elliott, University of Michigan 2003 David Christy, Southeastern Oklahoma State University 2011 Lee Wilkins, Anchorage, Alaska 2002 Francis McBeth, Ouachita University Emeritus 2010 Nikolas Caoile, Central Washington University 2001 Wesley Broadnax, Michigan State University 2009 Russell Guyver, University of North Colorado 2000 David Gregory 2008 Anthony Elliott, University of Michigan 1999 Ray Cramer, Indiana University 2007 William Scott, Western Kentucky University 1998 Larry Gookin, Central Washington University 2006 Marilyn Seelman, Georgia State University 1997 Robert Ponto, University of Oregon 2005 Joanne Erwin, Oberlin College 1996 A. G. “Mack” McGrannahan III, University of Nevada 2004 Kathleen A. Horvath, Case Western Reserve University 1995 Timothy Salzman, University of Washington 2003 James Kjelland, Northwestern University 1994 Chuck Bolton, Gresham, Oregon 2002 Anthony Elliott, University of Michigan 1993 Henry Miyamura, Hawaii Youth Sympphony 2001 William LaRue Jones, University of Iowa 1992 Thomas Lee 2000 Elizabeth Stoyanovich 1991 A. G. “Mack” McGrannahan III, University of Nevada 1999 Ray Cramer, Indiana University 1990 Miles Johnson, St. Olaf College 1998 James Sinclair, Orchestra New England 1989 Henry Miyamura, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra 1997 Denis DeCoteau, San Fancisco Ballet Orchestra 1988 Larry Gookin, Central Washington University 1996 Peter Marsh, University of Southern California 1987 James Curnow 1995 Michael Allard, University of the Pacific 1986 W. Francis McBeth, Ouachita University 1994 Glen Block, Illinois State University 1993 (no conductor mentioned) ALASKA ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR CONDUCTOR’S LIST: 1992 Anthony Elliott 2015 Stan McGill, Garland, Texas 1991 Sandra Dackow, Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, NJ 2014 Michael Crawford, Richland College, Texas 1990 Max Hobart, Boston Civic Symphony 2013 Jing Ling-Tam, University of Texas, Arlington 1989 Robert Emile, University of Nebraska 2012 Richard Bjella, Texas Tech University 1988 Barbara Schubert 2011 Z. Randall Stroope, Oklahoma State University 1987 Denis DeCoteau 2010 David Fryling, Hofstra University, New York 1986 Marvin J. Rabin: 2009 Janet Galvan, Ithaca College, New York 2008 Geoffrey Boers, University of Washington ALASKA ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR CONDUCTOR’S LIST: 2007 Byron McGilvray, Athens, Texas 2015 Meg Frazier, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 2006 Scott Anderson, Idaho State University 2014 Bradley Almquist, Murray State University, Kentucky 2005 Axel Theimer, St. John’s University, St. Joseph, MN 2013 Giselle Wyers, University of Washington 2004 Jing Lang-Tam, University of Texas at Arlington 2012 Betsy Cook-Weber, University of Houston 2003 Kirk Marcy, Edmonds Community College 2011 Sandra Snow, Michigan State University 2002 Edith A. Copley, Northern Arizona University 2010 Sean Burton, Briar Cliff University, Iowa 2001 Robert Harris, Northwestern University 2009 Richard Nance, Pacific Lutheran University, WA 2000 Dinah Helgeson 2008 Stan McGill, Dallas, Texas 1999 Randi Von Ellefson, University of Chicago 2007 Sigrid Johnson, St. Olaf College 1998 Barlett R. Evans, Arizona’s Dobson High School 2006 Bradley Ellingboe, University of New Mexico 1997 Craig Johnson, University of Texas-Austin 2005 Sid Davis, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Houston, TX 1996 Scott Eric Anderson, Idaho State University 2004 Randy K. Pagel, Thurman White Middle School 1995 Jonathan P. Brotherton, Iowa Wesleyan College 2003 Laurie Cappello-Marcy, Cascade High School 1994 Geoffrey Paul Boers, Central Washington University 2002 Grant Cochran, University Alaska Anchorage 1993 Byron McGilvray, Athens, Texas

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 13 The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers programs leading to • Bachelor of Music – Education • Bachelor of Music – Performance • Minor in Music Our programs are fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music

Musical Ensembles at UAF: for admission to • Arctic Chamber Orchestra Auditions the UAF Music Program: • Brass Ensembles • Chamber Ensembles • On campus audition date: • Choir of the North Friday, February 26, 2016 • If not auditioning live, please have • Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra materials and DVD to the Music • Flute Choir Department before • Northern Lights String Orchestra Friday, February 19, 2016 • Opera Workshop • Percussion Ensemble 64.8 • String • UAF Fighting Nanooks Athletic Band Contact us for more information: • UAF Wind Symphony UAF Department of Music • World Beat Ensemble Phone: 907-474-7555 Email: [email protected] Web: www.uaf.edu/music

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution.

14 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival AMEA Awards Alaska Music Educators Association Rosemary Bird Alaska Music Educators Association EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR 1997 Jimmy Tompkins ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR 1986 Bob Boko Sharon Nowak 1995 Diane Moore Elvera Voth 1998 Henry Hedberg 1996 John Kagerer Charles Davis Elaine Larson 1999 ABSD School Board Roy McPherson 1999 Wendy Ward 2001 Dermot Cole Jeanette Olson Mary Alice Donaldson Debbie Carter Bob Armstrong Joy Sharpe 2002 Carole Hemphill Charles Reynolds 2000 Jennifer Dalby 2003 Sharon Dunckle 1987 Frank Pinkerton Miriam DeLap Hank & Ana Hartman 1988 Nate Wilson 2001 Mary Kurth 2005 Trademark Screen Printing Cam Bohman 2002 Kathryn Hoffer 2006 Carol Comeau Jim Hope 2003 Dale Tumey 2007 Tammy Smith 1989 Jeanne Munroe Ginny Packer 2008 Mark & Anita Tomsha of Brian Bahr 2004 Dori Olsen Music Mart in Fairbanks 1990 Barbara Garner Bob Olsen 2009 Barbara Eberhart, Donna Matschke 2005 Candy Herda-Scott Alaska Flute Studies Teresa Stone 2006 Susan Burch 2010 McPherson Music: Roy & 1991 Rebecca Zankie Philip Burch Tina McPherson Dan Heynen 2007 Linda Updagraff Jo Ryman Scott 1992 Don Hildie 2008 Nancy D. Dreydoppel 2011 Anchorage Symphony Janet Stiles 2009 Hal Nonneman 2012 Linda Harriger Bill Whitener Richard Gresham 2013 Mary Timm, Tok 1993 Judy Boelts 2010 Gregory Carlson 2014 Karen Strid-Chadwick, Beth Leffingwell 2011 Barbara A. Nore Anchorage Ted Decorso 2012 Mark Robinson 1994 Betty Ellis 2013 Renee Henderson, Kenai 1995 Cliff Myers Thane Thomas, Cordova Sandy Clark 2014 Robin Hopper, Anchorage 1996 Jerry Chud

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 15 16 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Schools & Music Directors Anchorage Christian Grace Christian Band Director...... Tim Volstad Choir Director...... David Dunlap Choir Director...... Janna Leight Orchestra Director...... Richard Freeman-Toole Haines Band Director...... Jason Muccino Anderson Choir Director...... Jason Muccino Choir Director...... Candace Mudge Homer Barrow Band Director...... Amy Johnson Band Director...... Michael Walker Choir Director...... Kyle Schneider Orchestra Director...... Amy Johnson Bartlett Band Director...... Jane Henry-Johnson Holy Rosary Academy Orchestra Director...... Michael Preskitt Orchestra Director...... Colleen Duncan

Ben Eielson Hoonah Choir Director...... Katrina Nore Orchestra Director...... Bonnie Harris

Bethel Houston Choir Director...... Greg Carlson Band Director...... Shane Artz Choir Director...... Shane Artz Cantwell Choir Director...... Candace Mudge Hutchison Administrator...... Jenny Benson Chugiak Band Director...... Steven Shore Juneau-Douglas Choir Director...... Ron Lange Band Director...... John Unzicker Orchestra Director...... Jean Lenoir Choir Director...... Richard Moore Orchestra Director...... Richard Moore Colony Band Director...... Jamin Burton Kenai-Central Choir Director...... Pualeilani Monds Band Director...... Deborah Sounart Orchestra Director...... Pualeilani Monds Choir Director...... Simon Nissen

Cordova Kenny Lake Choir Director...... Chelsea Corrao Choir Director...... Rebekah Donahue

Craig Ketchikan Band Director...... Colleen Tichich Band Director...... Deidre Pagnotta Choir Director...... Colleen Tichich Choir Director...... Trina Purcell Orchestra Director...... Deidre Pagnotta Delta Band Director...... Dean Shannon Kodiak Choir Director...... Dean Shannon Band Director...... Dale Lhotka Choir Director...... Laura Blackwood Dimond Orchestra Director...... Walter Muelling Band Director...... Jason Edwards Choir Director...... Charlotte Smurthwaite Kotzebue Orchestra Director...... Karen Tornfelt Choir Director...... Tyler Barnes

Eagle River Lathrop Band Director...... George Pierce Band Director...... Tristan Hovest Choir Director...... Ron Lange Choir Director...... Carolyn Soderlund Orchestra Director...... George Pierce Orchestra Director...... Jaren Peterlin

East Anchorage Monroe Catholic Band Director...... Tevya Robbins Band Director...... Stuart Hudson Choir Director...... Melissa Fischer Orchestra Director...... Margaret David Mt. Edgecumbe Band Director...... Stephen Courtright Frank A. Degnan (Unalakleet) Choir Director...... Stephen Courtright Band Director...... Timothy Wolcott Choir Director...... Timothy Wolcott Nikiski Choir Director...... Kristen Dillon

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 17 18 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Schools & Music Directors Ninilchik Susitna Valley Choir Director...... Eric Simondsen Band Director...... Shauna Saatzer Choir Director...... Shauna Saatzer Nome-Beltz Choir Director...... Ron Horner Thunder Mountain Band Director...... Brian Van Kirk North Pole Choir Director...... Tyree Pini Band Director...... Todd Weinke Orchestra Director...... Tyree Pini Choir Director...... Bruce Hanson Orchestra Director...... Todd Weinke Tri-Valley Choir Director...... Candace Mudge Palmer Band Director...... Stan Harris Unalaska Choir Director...... Stan Harris Band Director...... Kerry McNamara

Petersburg Valdez Band Director...... Matt Lenhard Band Director...... Ann Norris Choir Director...... Matt Lenhard Choir Director...... Ann Norris Orchestsra Director...... Ann Norris Redington Orchestra Director...... Matthew Swalling Wasilla Band Director...... Ashley Wedge Service Choir Director...... Sara Guhl Band Director...... Jacquline Yeo Choir Director...... Leslie Olson West Anchorage Orchestra Director...... Melinda Deal Band Director...... Rebecca Haag Band Director (Steller)...... Nobuo Toba Sitka Choir Director...... Katy Green Band Director...... Sarah Martinson Orchestra Director...... Gabrielle Whitfield Choir Director...... Sarah Martinson Orchestra Director (Steller)...... Sally Jungreis

Soldotna West Valley Band Director...... Kent Peterson Band Director...... Lucas Clooten Choir Director...... Kent Peterson Choir Director...... Lucas Clooten Orchestra Director...... Trevor Adams South Anchorage Band Director...... Justin Somaduroff Wrangell Choir Director...... Rebecca Nelson Choir Director...... Tasha Morse Orchestra Director...... Nathan Levine

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 19 20 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Past 1st Chair Awards ______2009 ALL-STATE BAND FIRST CHAIR AWARDS SAXOPHONE Dane Breitung Chugiak HS PICCOLO Ingrid Dye Dimond OBOE Luke Castellini Lathrop HS FLUTE Kailey Mucha Kenai-Central ENGLISH Kelly Moran Colony HS CLARINET Yixing Shi South Anchorage Jay Million North Pole HS ALTO CLARINET Bonnie Scott Chugiak TRUMEPT Jon Kaplan Eagle River HS Jen Kohler Kenai-Central FRENCH HORN Christopher Dennis Chugiak HS CONTRA CLARINET Michelle Klaben Kenai-Central TROMBONE George Jones Sitka HS ALTO SAXOPHONE Jamey Wicklund North Pole EUPHONIUM Kody Trombley Chugiak HS SAXOPHONE Jay Million North Pole Alan Young Juneau-Douglas HS BARITONE SAXOPHONE Burl Tonga Homer PERCUSSION Gunnar Keizer Ketchikan HS OBOE Elika Roohi Dimond STRING BASS Ben Huff West Valley HS ENGLISH HORN Kelly Moran Colony BASSOON Tyler Thomas West Anchorage 2010 ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS TRUMEPT Jon Kaplan Eagle River SOPRANO 1 Wendy Jones Homer HS FRENCH HORN Christopher Dennis Chugiak SOPRANO II Margaret Thompson-Johnston East Anchorage HS TROMBONE TJ Agne Sitka ALTO I Sarah Markwood South Anchorage HS BASS TROMBONE Rebekah Peterson Juneau-Douglas ALTO II Sydney Stone Lathrop HS EUPHONIUM Robin Stramp Dimond TENOR I Jacob Miller Juneau-Douglas HS TUBA Alan Young Juneau-Douglas TENOR II Wesley Dillinger North Pole HS PERCUSSION Noah Hagen South Anchorage BASS I Tom Burkel Service HS BASS II Cole Chase-Cochrane Kenai-Central HS 2009 ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS SOPRANO 1 Irene Fry Palmer 2010 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR AWARDS SOPRANO II Nancy Means Palmer VIOLIN I Kendra Frey Lathrop HS ALTO I Leah Mattfield South Anchorage VIOLIN II Naomi Lyle West Valley HS ALTO II Monica Yost Juneau-Douglas VIOLA Isaac Ahern South Anchorage HS TENOR I Matthew Eller Grace Christian Stefan Barney West Valley HS TENOR II Mason Simmers Grace Christian STRING BASS Christian McWorkman Service HS BASS I Anthony Brown North Pole 2010 ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS BASS II Cole Chase-Cochrane Kenai-Central SOPRANO I Heather Bachelder Palmer HS SOPRANO II Katy Brautigan Grace Christian HS 2009 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR AWARDS ALTO I Kaylee Miltersen Chugiak HS VIOLIN I Bryce O’Tierney South Anchorage ALTO II Sidney Manning South Anchorage HS VIOLIN I Danika Paskvan Dimond VIOLIN II Krista Lundberg Chugiak 2010 ALL-STATE ACADEMIC AWARD VIOLA Trevor Adams North Pole Highest GPA 3.84 Lathrop HS VIOLA Nathaniel Knapp East Anchorage ______CELLO Margit Jaeger West Valley 2011 ALL-STATE BAND FIRST CHAIR AWARDS STRING BASS Christian McWorkman Service PICCOLO Virginia Gallagher West Valley HARP Brayana Jeannet Lathrop FLUTE Ingrid Dye Dimond CLARINET Rory O’Donoghue West Valley 2009 ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS ALTO CLARINET Rebekah Jensen Chugiak SOPRANO I Wendy Byrnes Juneau-Douglas BASS CLARINET Alexandria Bergholtz Kenai-Central SOPRANO II Arriola Kelsey Ketchikan ALTO SAXOPHONE Dane Breitung Chugiak ALTO I Megan Letts South Anchorage TENOR SAXOPHONE Ariana Gabriel Kenai-Central ALTO II Hannah Ekblad Lathrop BARITONE SAXOPHONE Brayden Hall Lathrop SOPRANO SAXOPHONE Dane Breitung Chugiak 2009 ALL-STATE ACADEMIC AWARD OBOE Aaron Abella Juneau-Douglas Highest GPA 3.75 South Anchorage BASSOON Jay Million North Pole ______TRUMEPT Mark Landen Chugiak 2010 ALL-STATE BAND FIRST CHAIR AWARDS FRENCH HORN Erik Oder South Anchorage PICCOLO Virginia Gallagher West Valley HS TROMBONE George Jones Sitka FLUTE Anna Boslough West Anchorage HS BASS TROMBONE Harvey Ruth West Valley CLARINET Cameron Fritz Chugiak HS EUPHONIUM Kody Trombley Chugiak BASS CLARINET Rachel Shercliffe Chugiak HS TUBA Alan Young Juneau-Douglas CONTRA CLARINET Michelle Klaben Kenai-Central HS PERCUSSION Sy Hovik Ketchikan ALTO SAXOPHONE Reuben Spencer West Valley HS PIANO Stephanie Pfundt Petersburg TENOR SAXOPHONE Fiona Brown Juneau-Douglas HS 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 21 22 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Past 1st Chair Awards 2011 ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS SOPRANO 1 Marie Peterson Thunder Mountain VIOLIN II Annalisa Taylor IDEA - North Pole SOPRANO II Annie Sisson Lathrop VIOLA Sarah Hartman West Valley HS ALTO I Kirsten Swanson Homer CELLO Hayley Zacheis West Valley / Fairbanks B.E.S.T. ALTO II Sydney Stone Lathrop STRING BASS Harrison Greenough Dimond HS TENOR I Wesley Dillinger North Pole TENOR II Tadhg Nakada Service 2012 ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS BASS I Zeb Bodine Juneau-Douglas SOPRANO I Abby Clark South Anchorage HS BASS II Andrew Eller Grace Christian SOPRANO II Emily Lindley West Valley HS ALTO I Mikael Stovarsky Lathrop HS 2011 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR AWARDS ALTO II Kennedy Kruchoski Chugiak HS VIOLIN I Kendra Fry Lathrop VIOLIN II Eunice Kang Service 2012 ALL-STATE ACADEMIC AWARD VIOLA Sarah Hartman West Valley Highest GPA 3.92 GPA Grace Christian School VIOLA Kathleen Balcao South Anchorage ______CELLO Stefan Barney West Valley 2013 ALL-STATE BAND FIRST CHAIR AWARDS STRING BASS Christian McWorkman Service PICCOLO Vanessa Wetterhall West Valley HS HARP Ann Ohotnicky Holy Family Academy FLUTE Heather Woodhouse Anchorage Christian HS Bb CLARINET Allison Stapleford South Anchorage HS 2011 ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS ALTO CLARINET Rebekah Jensen Chugiak HS SOPRANO I Teresa Rose Thunder Mountain BASS CLARINET Megan Sheufelt Juneau-Douglas HS SOPRANO II Josey Tomlinson North Pole ALTO SAXOPHONE Dane Breitung Chugiak HS ALTO I Sydney Verrier West Anchorage TENOR SAXOPHONE David Stockhouse Chugiak HS ALTO II Mariah Stuart Homer BARITONE SAXOPHONE Caleb Huntington Chugiak HS OBOE Remy Libbrecht West Anchorage HS 2011 ALL-STATE ACADEMIC AWARD BASSOON Noel Glenn Chugiak HS Highest GPA 3.84 East Anchorage TRUMEPT Mark Landon Chugiak HS ______FRENCH HORN Erik Oder South Anchorage HS 2012 ALL-STATE BAND FIRST CHAIR AWARDS TROMBONE Edwin Burton West Anchorage HS PICCOLO Vanessa Wetterhall West Valley HS EUPHONIUM Jared Lear Thunder Mountain HS FLUTE Catherine Goolsby Chugiak HS TUBA Sam Adam Juneau-Douglas HS Bb CLARINET Allison Stapleford South Anchorage HS PERCUSSION Naomi Endres West Anchorage HS BASS CLARINET Alexandria Bergholtz Kenai-Central HS STRING BASS Ben Huff West Valley HS ALTO SAXOPHONE Dane Breitung Chugiak HS TENOR SAXOPHONE David Stockhouse Chugiak HS 2013 ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS BARITONE SAXOPHONE Caleb Huntington Chugiak HS SOPRANO 1 Aubrey Sage Palmer HS OBOE Remy Libbrecht West Anchorage HS SOPRANO II Emily Lindley West Valley HS BASSOON Rosana Villazor West Valley HS ALTO I Colleen Beck Lathrop HS TRUMEPT Mark Landon Chugiak HS ALTO II Katie Zerbst North Pole HS FRENCH HORN Erik Oder South Anchorage HS TENOR I Braydon Perrupato Wasilla HS TROMBONE Ryan Apathy Sitka HS TENOR II Luke Honeck West Anchorage HS EUPHONIUM Logan Boyle Kenai-Central HS BASS I Kyle Carlson Lathrop HS TUBA Josh Wheeler Kodiak HS BASS II Daniel VanderWeide Grace Christian HS PERCUSSION Derec Steinman Thunder Mountain HS PIANO Merrik Brown Grace Christian School 2013 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR AWARDS STRING BASS Roberta Spiers West Valley HS VIOLIN I Eunice Kan Service HS VIOLIN II Kiana Gates Chugiak HS 2012 ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS VIOLA Sarah Bartholomew South Anc (Polaris) HS SOPRANO 1 Madeline Anderson Dimond HS CELLO Hayley Zachies West Valley (Fairbanks B.E.S.T.) HS SOPRANO II Kristin Nymeyer Kodiak HS STRING BASS Harrison Greenough Dimond HS ALTO I Hannah Baird Homer HS ALTO II Hope Hudson Homer HS 2013 ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS TENOR I Braydon Perrupato Wasilla HS SOPRANO I Sara Graffeo Palmer HS TENOR II Luke Honeck West Anchorage HS SOPRANO II Addison Anderson South Anchorage HS BASS I Duncan Brewer Kenai-Central HS ALTO I Grace Graham East Anchorage HS BASS II Andrew Eller Grace Christian School ALTO II Morgan Conrow North Pole HS

2012 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR AWARDS 2013 ALL-STATE ACADEMIC AWARD VIOLIN I Rose Crelli IDEA - Fairbanks Highest GPA 3.76 GPA South Anchorage HS

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 23 24 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Past 1st Chair Awards ______2014 ALL-STATE BAND FIRST CHAIR AWARDS Anchorage.net PICCOLO Vanessa Wetterhall West Valley HS, Fairbanks FLUTE Isabelle Libbrecht West Anchorage HS, Anchorage Bb CLARINET Allison Stapleford South Anchorage HS, Anchorage ALTO CLARINET James Homesley Dimond HS, Anchorage BASS CLARINET Megan Sheufelt Juneau-Douglas HS, Juneau CONTRA-ALTO CLARINET Alex Culbert Chugiak HS, Chugiak ALTO SAXOPHONE Kristine Bauh Sitka HS, Sitka TENOR SAXOPHONE David Stockhouse Chugiak HS, Chugiak BARITONE SAXOPHONE Caleb Huntington Chugiak HS, Chugiak OBOE Remy Libbrecht West Anchorage HS, Anchorage BASSOON Hannah Crowder Ketchikan HS, Ketchikan TRUMEPT Bryce Davis Dimond HS, Anchorage FRENCH HORN Evan Hagen South Anchorage HS, Anchorage TROMBONE Phillip Weidemaier Service HS, Anchorage BASS TROMBONE Nou Vue Chugiak HS, Chugiak EUPHONIUM Jared Lear Thunder Mountain HS, Juneau TUBA Paul Straub Chugiak HS, Chugiak PERCUSSION Naomi Endres West Anchorage HS, Anchorage STRING BASS Justin Sleppy Thunder Mountain HS, Juneau PIANO Hana Oshima Ketchikan HS, Ketchikan

2014 ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS SOPRANO 1 Taryn McCubbins Soldotna HS, Soldotna SOPRANO II Jenna Dreydoppel North Pole HS, North Pole ALTO I Emily Yannatone Palmer HS, Palmer ALTO II Kayla Clark South Anchorage HS, Anchorage TENOR I Luke Honeck West Anchorage HS, Anchorage TENOR II Raymon Machen-Gray Kenai-Central HS, Kenai BASS I Franco Nero Kodiak HS, Kodiak BASS II Devon Gerstenfield West Valley HS, Fairbanks 2014 ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR AWARDS WELCOME VIOLIN I Anja Enedstad West Valley HS, Fairbanks VIOLIN II Robert Newman Juneau-Douglas HS, Juneau VIOLA Marccos Toniolo West Valley HS, Fairbanks CELLO Hayley Zachies West Valley HS, Fairbanks STRING BASS Harrison Greenough Dimond HS, Anchorage CHAMPS 2014 ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FIRST CHAIR AWARDS SOPRANO I Lindsey Jobbins Haines HS, Haines SOPRANO II Adrienne Caruthers West Anchorage HS, Anchorage CONGRATULATIONS ATHLETES! CROWN YOUR ALTO I Alisha Graham North Pole HS, North Pole TIME IN ANCHORAGE WITH TICKETS TO A ALTO II Rachel Richardson West Anchorage HS, Anchorage BIG GAME, LOCAL MUSEUMS OR THEATRES.

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2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 25 26 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 2015 All-State Treble Choir SOPRANO I ALTO I Amber Anderson 12 Dimond Heather Bear 11 Ninilchik Eleanor Anderson 9 Dimond Abigail Beveridge 10 Grace Christian Sabrina Angelo 11 West Valley Maya Coler 10 Nome-Beltz Halaia Barnett 11 Kodiak Leah Dustin 9 North Pole Emma Broyles 9 Service Marie Esguerra 10 Cordova Olivia Brewer 9 Kenai-Central Hannah Fraley 12 Homer Bridget Broderick 12 Grace Christian Tana Fudge 12 West Valley Jillissa Caligan 11 Soldotna Amara Hackett 10 Lathrop Elizabeth Coggins 12 Bethel Drew Hoyt 11 Ketchikan Kay Fazakerley 11 Ketchikan Gabrielle Lorentzen 11 West Anchorage Ellie Flynn 12 Lathrop Madeline Maurer 10 Service Tess Hopkin 11 Chugiak Kathleen McKinney 10 Kodiak Michaela Jackson 11 Lathrop Monica Mercer 12 Tri-Valley KJ Jackson 12 Thunder Mt. Lindsay Moisan 10 North Pole Megan Kirsis 12 Homer Raelynn Nipper 11 Palmer Katelyn McGeary 10 East Anchorage Mayzie Patton 10 Kenai-Central Brianna Richmond 9 Wasilla Allie Plachinski 9 Lathrop Julianna Roberts 11 Anchorage Christian Acacia Poulson-Edwards 12 Thunder Mt. Ryleigh Robinson-Lovstrom 11 West Anchorage Izzy Rice 11 North Pole Christabel Sosa 11 Dimond Emily Robinson 11 South Anchorage Debbie Yearwood 12 Sitka Kylie Wallette 9 South Anchorage Soprano I Alternates for both choirs Alto I Alternate for Both Choirs Arianna Hawthorne 12 Colony Eva Lenhard 9 Petersburg Shania Nebran 11 Kodiak Kayla Jones 9 Dimond ALTO II Sara England 12 Nikiski Victoria Beaver 10 Kodiak Olivia Heisler 11 Su-Valley Megan Biggs 10 West Anchorage Kyra Romero 11 Kodiak Victoria Cannady 10 Kenai-Central Riley Crott 11 Grace Christian SOPRANO II Hannah Embree 10 Palmer Jhanna Allen 11 Colony Lucy Fisher 10 West Anchorage Savannah Anaruk 11 West Anchorage Victoria Hansen 12 Haines Madeline Andriesen 11 Haines Rebecca Hassler 11 Thunder Mt. Rebekah Ballard 10 North Pole Jenny Hawkins 12 Palmer Ainsley Benson 9 Lathrop Gabrielle Hindman 12 Chugiak Kate Boehmer 12 Service Samantha Hutchinson 12 Houston Adrienne Carruthers 11 West Anchorage Hannah Janecek 12 Kenai-Central Alexa Doty 12 Wasilla Kayla Kurapati 11 Lathrop Grace Eldridge 9 Colony Mackenzie Lawyer 10 Colony Julia Hinkle 11 Service Zsante Murchison 11 West Anchorage Sarah Long 10 Haines Alina Markina 12 Grace Christian Hannah Maus 11 Dimond Mackenzie Mars 11 Su-Valley Cheyanna McGlothlin 12 South Anchorage Erica Miller 11 Houston Michaiah Moandal 9 Anchorage Christian Ellie Moore 10 South Anchorage Christina Nuss 11 Lathrop Julia Murph 10 Petersburg Ashley Phillips 12 Wasilla Lily Olsea 9 Juneau-Douglas Anna Richtback 10 Homer Samantha Perry 12 North Pole Victoria Saxe 10 Tri-Valley Alyssa Plucker 10 South Anchorage Lucy Teaford 10 West Anchorage Marymarie Wallace 9 Kenny Lake Elise Webber 12 Homer Alto II Alternates for Both Choirs Jaxx Whitney 9 West Anchorage none Emily Yannatone 12 Palmer Soprano II Alternates for Both Choirs KelsieLyn Overway 9 Wasilla Kelsey Barnum 12 Lathrop Emily Lindfors 12 Grace Christian McCready 9 West Anchorage Michelle Evans 9 West Anchorage Tacy Caldwell 12 Kenai-Central

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 27 28 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 2015 All-State Mixed Choir SOPRANO I TENOR II Lucie Anderson 12 Kenai-Central Al Asuncion 11 Kodiak Chloe Bee 12 Dimond Joseph Becker 12 Delta Katie Cooper 11 Kenai-Central Kyle Carroll 12 Homer Madelynne Dey 11 West Anchorage Mitchell Edwards 12 Sitka Emily Dow 11 Grace Christian Nic Feild 12 South Anchorage Taylor Hendricks 11 North Pole Kyle Hackett 12 Lathrop SummerKuhns 10 West Anchorage August Kilcher 11 Homer Rachel Nill 12 Soldotna Christopher Lujan 12 Thunder Mt. Hannah Pfundt 12 Petersburg Raymon Machen-Gray 11 Kenai-Central Jocelyn Riske 12 Soldotna Christian Mendoza 10 West Anchorage Ashket Tench 10 Tri-Valley Eli Neslund 12 East Anchorage Anika Valdez 11 South Anchorage Luke Olham 12 Chugiak Tenor II Alternates SOPRANO II Zachary Zander 12 Palmer Holly Burns 12 West Anchorge Mason Keffalos 10 South Anchorage Megan Daugherty 12 Ketchikan Matthew Torkelson 10 Kenai-Central Brittany Gilman 10 Kenai-Central Rachel Haas 11 Haines BASS I Holly Hoback 11 Grace Christian Marshal Chace 12 North Pole Grace Ivey 11 Palmer Sam Cross 12 Nome-Beltz Ashley Martin 12 Soldotna Liam Dooley 10 Chugiak Lauren McDowell 12 Thunder Mt. Patrick Hannan 11 Homer Lydia Rail 12 Juneau-Douglas Sergius Hannan 12 Homer Lydia Smith 11 Juneau-Douglas Jarett Hardy 11 Palmer Claire Swanson 12 Homer Jayce Miller 12 Homer Mary Wright 10 Palmer Franco Nero 12 Kodiak Braden Nieder 12 Grace Christian ALTO I Trevor Pierce 10 Thunder Mt. Hali Baczuk 11 Valdez Kristofer Simmons 10 South Anchorage Christina Chatfield 10 Tri-Valley Gabe Taylor 12 North Pole McKenzie Christian 11 South Anchorage Bass I Alternate Emily Eaton 12 Lathrop Stas Sobol 11 South Anchorage Samantha Edington 11 Dimond Hunter Hanson 9 Kenai-Central BASS II Emily Helenhouse 12 Kodiak Benjamin Anderson 11 Palmer Abigail Hoy 11 Juneau-Douglas Ryan Binder 12 Grace Christian Sarah LeCheminant 12 Palmer Phillip Bowden 11 Anchorage Christian Kelsey Lellig 10 South Anchorage Joseph Casello 10 West Anchorage Vaitupu Lima 12 West Anchorage Michael Delph 10 Colony Rachel Richardson 12 West Anchorage Zane Durr 12 Haines Isaac Fannin 11 Valdez ALTO II Joshua Gatpandan 11 Anchorage Christian Tessa Bennion 11 South Anchorage Corin Katzke 10 West Anchorage Emily Chase 12 Valdez Dalton Klinger 10 Haines Addie Clarke 11 Lathrop Neil Little 12 Sitka Destinee Cowart 12 Haines William Nelson 10 Palmer Tanner Ealum 12 Anchorage Christian Dylan Palmieri 11 Haines Flora Galleto 12 Kodiak Bass II Alternates Miranda Gallivan 12 Kodiak Hunter Patton 9 Homer Danika Ingersoll 12 Wasilla Abraham Anderson 9 Palmer Kaylee Jones 11 Houston Jadyn Otton 12 Nome-Beltz CHOIR ADJUDICATORS Lindsey Schneider 11 Homer Brad Almquist Tenor I Jaunelle Celaire Soprano I TENOR I Grant Cochran Alto 2 John Paul Albano 12 Kodiak Maribeth Crawford Soprano 2 Falcom Greear 10 Homer Liesl Davenport-Wheeler Soprano 2 Jack Hale 10 South Anchorage Tana Field-Bartholomew Alto 1 Ben Higgins 11 Petersburg David Hagen Bass 2 Faresa Iaulualo 10 East Anchorage Jane Henry-Johnson Alto 2 Daniel Lorentzen 12 West Anchorage Jill Hills Alto 1 Caleb Rohn 12 Kenai-Central Ryan Knight Alto 2 Chris Sanderson 12 North Pole Isaac Nelson Tenor 2 Jacey Schwin 11 West Anchorage Connie Oba Alto 1 James Six 10 Service Paul Rios Bass 1 Phoenix Williams 12 Juneau-Douglas Gabrielle Wibbenmeyer Soprano 2 Benjamin Wrede 12 Service Tenor I Alternates Matthew Cochrane 12 Bethel Benton Hilton 11 Dimond Nestor Cunanan 10 Dimond Jakob Nelson 9 Homer

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 29 30 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 2015 All-State Orchestra VIOLIN I Viola Alternates Jose Abdelnoor 9 Chugiak Rachel Lewis 11 Anchorage Christian Elias Antaya 12 Juneau-Douglas Julia Bassett 10 Chugiak Katie Bozone 12 Chugiak Owen Crumley 9 Chugiak Henry Cheng 10 Juneau-Douglas Anja Endestad 12 West Valley CELLO Ari Endestad 9 West Valley Rosalee Bertram 10 West Valley Hanna Hellen 12 West Anchorage Rafael Bitanga 9 Kodiak Makoa Iha 11 Thunder Mountain James Cheng 12 Juneau-Douglas Emily Jensen 12 Chugiak Marley Elconin 12 East Anchorage Collyn Kim 9 South Anchorage Kiya Gates 9 Chugiak Maria Kling 11 West Anchorage Mac Levey 12 West Valley Julia Koehler 9 Chugiak Van Levey 10 West Valley Charlie Latimer 10 Chugiak Sophia Prichard 10 West Valley Sarah Montalban 10 Colony Gail Pyne 10 West Valley Kyla Potter 9 Eagle River Sierra Smith 11 Dimond Torsten Renner 9 Eagle River Sarah Souders 12 Service Alison Royce 9 South Anchorage Hayley Zacheis 12 West Valley Jerimiah Seo 12 South Anchorage Cello Alternates Angel Singcay 10 East Anchorage Laura Mayo 9 West Valley Jerry Yang 10 East Camille Heubner 12 West Anchorage Anchorage STRING BASS VIOLIN II Josee Beauchamp 12 West Valley Alex Apicella-Adams 9 West Valley Emily Arsenault 12 East Anchorage Katherine Brown 9 South Anchorage Morgen Frazer 11 North Pole Bradie Cline 10 Lathrop Willow Groskreutz 12 Dimond Allen Cook 11 Thunder Mountain Gannon Lawley 11 West Anchorage Sydney Cox 10 West Valley Katelynn Marshall 11 Chugiak Brian Ely 10 West Valley Myah Pierce 10 Dimond Naomi Hartman 9 West Valley Justin Sleppy 11 Thunder Mountain Clara Hedman 10 West Valley Ben Sobek 11 Anchorage Christian Kalleigh Krosse 12 Ketchikan Cailey Winn 9 South Anchorage Kezia Laganson 11 Dimond String Bass Alternate Summer Lee 12 East Anchorage Anabelle Neininger 10 Lathrop Jordan McLuckie 12 Hoonah Jacob Morris 11 South Anchorage HARP Amber Pike 9 Chugiak Kailey Gates 11 Chugiak Sophia Sannito 11 Kodiak Vasily Soloview 11 Service ORCHESTRA WINDS & PERCUSSION Tanner Sprankle 10 West Valley PICCOLO Jennifer Tollefsen 9 Bartlett Yu-Jin Choi 10 Dimond Mikayla Triplehorn 12 Lathrop Jenna Watson 10 Lathrop FLUTE Violin Alternates Yu-Jin Choi 10 Dimond Lou Mei Gutsch 11 West Anchorage Joyce Kim 10 South Anchorage Helen Danielson 10 West Valley Isabelle Libbreccht 11 West Anchorage (Steller) Sam Chang 11 East Anchorage Elizabeth VanAlstine 10 Dimond Charles Fedullo 10 South Anchorage CLARINET VIOLA Joseph Cagley 12 South Anchorage Aaron Abraham 10 South Anchorage Tayfun Ertekin 9 West Anchorage Lucas Candelaria 10 West Valley Garett Granado 12 Chugiak Pedro Graterol 11 South Anchorage Krista Stapleford 11 South Anchorage Patricia Graterol 9 South Anchorage Jade Hsieh 12 West Valley OBOE Aileen Kim 9 West Anchorage Joey Hogenson 10 West Valley Carissa Lacy 10 Anchorage Christian Ansley Morris 12 Service Claire Mahoney 9 Chugiak Aurora Williams 11 West Anchorage Emily Monicken 10 Lathrop McLain Sidmore 11 Juneau-Douglas Marcos Toniolo 12 West Valley Kyla Villaroya 12 Kodiak

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 31 2015 All-State Orchestra BASSOON Hannah Crowder 12 Ketchikan Jenna Morris 10 Service Nicole Rieser 9 Dimond Natalie Talcott 12 South Anchorage

TRUMPET Brett Brown 12 Kenai-Central Bryce Davis 12 Dimond Brons Gerrish 11 West Valley Kaysia Whitmil 12 Sitka

FRENCH HORN Miles Catlin 12 Homer Jordan Cooper 12 Thunder Mountain James Correa 11 Dimond Alexander Hamm 12 East Anchorage Taylor Holman 11 Unalaska Brian Jensen 11 Chugiak Kieran Kauffman 9 West Anchorage Lilian Sears 9 Lathrop

TROMBONE Amber Junker 12 Ketchikan Ella Lubin 9 Sitka Patrick Michels 11 Kenai-Central Brooke Satathite 9 Kenai-Central Elijah Stoll 10 Soldotna Mackenzie Whitson 12 Sitka

TUBA Remmington Burrell 12 Thunder Mountain Zach Tolver 10 Lathrop

PERCUSSION Michael Bekeris 12 Sitka Noah Chesterman 10 South Anchorage Naomi Endres 12 West Anchorage Drake Thomas 11 Kenai-Central

ADJUDCATORS for the ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS: Mary Alice Donaldson Cello Kathryn Hoffer Violin, Harp Mari Jamieson Viola Matt O’Connor String Bass Marcia Stratman Piano

32 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 2015 All-State Band PICCOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE Yu-Jin Choi 10 Dimond Eli Kokesh 10 South Anchorage Piccolo Alternate Austin Reed 11 Anchorage Christian Isabella Krostek 11 Colony Daniel Son 9 South Anchorage Kiana Steadman 11 Soldotna FLUTE Raleigh Van Natta 10 Kenai-Central Kassandra Anshutz 11 Chugiak Alto Saxophone Alternates Yi Chan 11 Barrow Philip Von Tish 12 South Anchorage Chelsea Hutchings 12 South Anchorage Joel Sisson 10 Soldotna Kaori Kageyama 10 Kodiak Camron Carlson 12 Chugiak Joyce Kim 10 South Anchorage Isabella Krostek 11 Colony TENOR SAXOPHONE Isabelle Libbreccht 11 West Anchorage (Steller) Brian Dusek 11 Soldotna Sara Main 12 Colony David Stockhouse 12 Chugiak Emiri Ohki 9 Kodiak Tenor Saxophone Alternate Sasha Pico 9 Thunder Mountain Naomi Hernandez 10 Barrow Olivia Rockwell 9 West Valley Elizabeth VanAlstine 10 Dimond BARITONE SAXOPHONE Flute Alternates Jacob Cox 9 South Anchorage Daniel Woolf 12 West Valley Baritone Saxophone Alternates Isabel Larue 12 Chugiak Louden Stockton 10 Barrow Alexandria Ivanoff 9 Frank A. Degnan Pearl Lockwood 12 West Valley

Bb CLARINET OBOE Rachel Allen 10 South Anchorage Joey Hogenson 10 West Valley Joseph Cagley 12 South Anchorage Ansley Morris 12 Service Ola Carnahan 11 Monroe-Catholic Samantha Pak 12 Juneau-Douglas Tayfun Ertekin 9 West Anchorage Aurora Williams 11 West Anchorage Callahan Fedullo 9 South Anchorage Oboe Alternate Nathaniel Gleason 10 Colony Jack Cook 10 Monroe-Catholic Garett Granado 12 Chugiak Ruth Heidel 10 West Valley BASSOON Takuma Inoue 9 Dimond Hannah Crowder 12 Ketchikan Rebecca Kahoe 10 West Valley Jenna Morris 10 Service Daphne Mueller 10 Barrow Nicole Rieser 9 Dimond Lunia Oriol 11 Colony Natalie Talcott 12 South Anchorage Krista Stapleford 11 South Anchorage Roan Willson 11 West Valley Steven Wright 10 Wasilla Jacob Batchelder 10 Lathrop Bb Clarinet Alternates Brett Brown 12 Kenai-Central Elvis Young 12 Thunder Mountain Karl Danielson 10 Kenai-Central Abby Spears 9 West Anchorage Bryce Davis 12 Dimond Alexandra Bless 11 Petersburg Dareena Doyle 10 Kenai-Central Jaden Frazier 11 South Anchorage ALTO CLARINET Brons Gerrish 11 West Valley Christian Lynch 10 North Pole Athena Hills 12 Lathrop Alto Clarinet alternate Payton Moser 10 Colony Abbigail Utley 12 Dimond Wesley Rueb 11 Chugiak Kaysia Whitmil 12 Sitka BASS CLARINET Trumpet Alternates William Sandidge 12 Colony Joel Hofacker 11 Anchorage Christian Reily Tinsley 10 Eagle River James Anderson 12 Chugiak Joshua Ukena 12 Colony Arthur Welsh 11 South Anchorage Bass Clarinet Alternate Mattison Smith 12 Thunder Mountain

2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 33 34 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival 2015 All-State Band FRENCH HORN PERCUSSION Miles Catlin 12 Homer Michael Bekeris 12 Sitka Jordan Cooper 12 Thunder Mountain Noah Chesterman 10 South Anchorage James Correa 11 Dimond Naomi Endres 12 West Anchorage Alexander Hamm 12 East Anchorage Ryan FitzSimmons 11 Chugiak Taylor Holman 11 Unalaska Leah Smith 10 Colony Brian Jensen 11 Chugiak Drake Thomas 11 Kenai-Central Kieran Kauffman 9 West Anchorage Percussion Alternates Lilian Sears 9 Lathrop Christopher Garcia 10 Unalaska James Morland 12 Sitka TROMBONE Tannen Holland 11 Soldotna William Delph 12 Colony Amber Junker 12 Ketchikan STRING BASS Ella Lubin 9 Sitka Jake Carlson 11 Lathrop Kyle Meili 12 Palmer String Bass Alternate Patrick Michels 11 Kenai-Central Anabelle Neininger 10 Lathrop Eric Rueb 9 Chugiak Brooke Satathite 9 Kenai-Central ADJUDICATORS for BAND: Elijah Stoll 10 Soldotna Brady Byers Percussion Mackenzie Whitson 12 Sitka Mi’shell French Flute, Piccolo Trombone Alternates Travis Harrington Tumpet Nathaniel Lenhard 11 Petersburg Cheryl Pierce French Horn Patrick O’Brien 12 Dimond Eric Simondsen Trombone Thomas Tyler 12 Anchorage Christian Ronnie Stanford Clarinet Rachelle Stebbins Clarinet BASS TROMBONE Tammy Vollom-Matturro Clarinet Andrew Ringle 12 Thunder Mountain Michael Walker Tuba Bass Trombone alternate Philip Walters Baritone, Euphonium Trevor Hawkins 10 Valdez Emily Weaver Oboe, Bassoon Liesl Weitgrefe Saxophone EUPHONIUM Jacqueline Yeo Flute, Piccolo Kassandra Diamond 10 East Anchorage Troy Gilbert 9 Kenai-Central Agustin Pineda 12 North Pole Harry Turner 10 Chugiak Euphonium Alternate Sean Harris 10 Eagle River

TUBA Remmington Burrell 12 Thunder Mountain Catrina Carte 9 Colony Brian Conwell 10 Unalaska Connor Settle 11 South Anchorage Paul Straub 11 Chugiak Zach Tolver 10 Lathrop Tuba Alternates Drew Cochran 11 Dimond Mackenze Origer 12 Houston

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36 2015 ASAA/1st National Bank of Alaska All-State Music Festival Festival Supporters FESTIVAL COORDINATORS: All-State Music Festival: Cam Bohman, ASAA Music Coordinator All-State Band: George Pierce, Eagle River HS Band Director All-State Mixed Choir: Ron Lange, Chugiak & Eagle River HS Choir Director All-State Orchestra: Jean Lenoir, Chugiak HS Orchestra Director All-State Treble Choir: Katy Green, West Anchorage HS Choir Director All-State On-Site: Katy Green, West Anchorage HS Choir Director All-State Choir Octet: Trina Purcell, Ketchikan HS Choir Director Richard More, Juneau-Douglas HS Choir Director All-State Choir First Chair: Rebecca Nelson, South Anchorage HS Choir Director

FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS: Anchorage School District & School Board Bruce Wood ASD Fine Arts Director Mary Wilts ASD Fine Arts Curriculum Coordinator Brenda Lannen ASD Fine Arts Administrative Assistant Brady Byers Percussion Coordinator ASD Staff Members Monitoring Concert & Warm-up Rooms Chugiak & West Anchorage High School Administration & Staff Chugiak High School Band & Orchestra Boosters Tammie Smith & the ASD Theater Technicians

AMEA: Alaska Music Educators Association: Crista Cady, President

ASAA: Billy Strickland Executive Director Isaiah Vreeman Associate Director Sandy Wagner Associate Director Deanna Montagna Activities Coordinator Lavonne Norman Director of Marketing Kari McFeron Administrative Assistant Brad Potter Director of Technology Kevin Holt Graphics / Publications

CHOIR PART PRE-DOMINANT ASSISTANCE: Bruce Hanson North Pole HS Choir Director

ON-LINE AUDITION WEB CREATION AND SUPERVISION: Benny Martinson

ON-SITE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE: Tammy Hogge, Linda Shriver, Brian Moon

USHERING IN THE ARTS VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION Anchorage Performing Arts Center

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