South Carolina Band Directors Association 2017 Region One Band Clinic

Clinicians Mrs. Megan Cooper, Alternate Band Mr. Joshua Hinkel, Junior Band Mr. Vince Clayton, Clinic Band Dr. Nola Jones, Senior Band

Rick Langdale, Jr. Jessica Wofford Region One Chairman All-State Chairperson

Furman University Greenville, South Carolina

February 25, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Listing of Participating Schools………………………………………...Page 3

Alternate Band…………………………….………….…………….…..Page 4

Junior Band ……………………….…………………………………….Page 6

Clinic Band ………………...……….……………………………….….Page 8

Senior Band …………………………………………………………….Page 10

Region One Schools and Directors

Beck Academy - Eric Bell Landrum High School - Dr. Barry Bridwell Berea High School - Joshua Morton Landrum Middle School - Jessica Pym Berea Middle School - Lenwood Hamilton Lawson Academy of the Arts - Jessica King Berry Shoals Intermediate School - Jonathan Valentine Lead Academy Charter School - Lee Scott Blue Ridge High School - Eric Wells League Academy - Graham McBride Blue Ridge Middle School - Kristin Gill Liberty High School - Matthew Smith Bob Jones Academy - Eric Woods & Kathy Woods Liberty Middle School - Hannah Chapman Boiling Springs High School - Rob Smith & Aaron Herman Mabry Middle School - Bryan Ard Boiling Springs Middle School - Deb Cooper & Nick Vivano - Adam Scheuch & Katherine Laches Broome High School - Barry Wash Mauldin Middle School - Jim Kilgus & Julie Poston Bryson Middle School - Julie Summey McCracken Middle School - Vern Weygandt Carolina High School - Melissa Blair Middle School of Pacolet– Gene Vanderford Chapman High School - Kevin Horton & Jessica Wofford Northwest Middle School - Paul Laches Chesnee High School - Dr. Carla Tucker Northwood Middle School - Jake Campbell Chesnee Middle School - Kevin Hames Oakbrook Prep School - Katie Smith Christ Church Episcopal School - Trey Skaggs Pickens High School - Chaz Paxton Cowpens Middle School - Stephen Gans Pickens Middle School - Connie Douglas D.R. Hill Middle School - Kaci Cotter R.C. Edwards Middle School - Daniel Marsh Dacusville Middle School - Kelsy Rusk R.P. Dawkins Middle School - Megan Irby D.W.Daniel High School - Nathan Whitworth Rainbow Lake Middle School - Rosanne Garrett Dorman High School - Dave Bruce, Denise Hembree, & Del Burton Riverside High School - Dr. Quintus Wrighten E.P. Todd School (K-8) - Sharon Atherton Riverside Middle School - Kevin Styles Easley High School - Rick Langdale & Trey Ferrell SC Governor’s School A&H - Dr. David Hamilton Eastside High School - Barry Mullinax Seneca Middle School - Jason Ray Fairforest Middle School - Jarrod Mabrey Seneca High School - Rebecca Foltz Fine Arts Center - Gary Robinson Sevier Middle School - Colleen Marsh Fisher Middle School - Kaitlyn Campbell Southside High School - Josh Tillman Florence Chapel Middle School - Alicia Crutchlow Spartanburg Day School - Dick Barnes Gable Middle School - Megan Cooper & Christina Herman Spartanburg High- J. McAllister, Alice Welchel & Matt McDaniel Gettys Middle School - Garrett Young & Joey Finley St. Joseph’s Catholic School - Marj Malphrus Greenville High School - Travis Waters Sterling School - Ashleigh Ledford Greenville Middle School - Heidi Templeton Tanglewood Middle School - Christian Scott Greenville Tech Charter High School - Abe Marsh Travelers Rest High School - Carl Wylie - Jeff Norman Wade Hampton High School - AJ Pace Greer Middle School - Matthew Gill Walhalla Middle School - Gena Turpin Hampton Park Christian School– Ryan Wooldridge Walhalla High School - Chris Udell High Point Academy—Ann Bolton West-Oak Middle School - Amanda D’Aloisio Hillcrest High School - R. Thom Freeland West-Oak High School - Colt Campbell Hillcrest Middle School - Terry Kent Woodmont High School - Donna Cotter Hughes Academy Middle School - Kevin Baucom Woodmont Middle School - Caitlin Scott JL Mann High School - David Keller Woodruff High School - Brian Grant James F. Byrnes High School - Bryan Bone & Gary Rhoden Woodruff Middle School - Dylan Simms

Alternate Band Flute Mark Tolchinsky Riverside High School Alto Saxophone Caleb Kelley Walhalla Senior High School Logan Anderson Pickens High School Sally Ott Dorman High School Maddie Ouzts Spartanburg Day School Sydney Schmitt Riverside High School Jieying Tong Riverside High School Savannah McKee Mauldin High School Victoria Koons Chapman High School Courtney Brink Dorman High School Xia Bowens Southside High School Catherine Manke Lawson Academy of the Arts Emma Curran St. Joseph’s Catholic School Keely McCabe West-Oak Senior High School Mika Kolpatzik Beck Academy Benjamin Kilgore James F. Byrnes High School Samuel Dobson St. Joseph’s Catholic School Charlie Brooks- Beth Parris Dorman High School Daniel High School Tenor Saxophone Knepfle Maddie Matthews Greer High School Nick Grant West-Oak Senior High School Annika DeVol Daniel High School Evelyn Atkins Florence Chapel Middle School Lexie Cramer Daniel High School Bari Saxophone Haydon Barron Easley High School Shreya Santhanam Seneca Middle School Dom Reed West-Oak Senior High School Aubrey Lewis Mauldin Middle School John Henry Tennant E.P. Todd School (K-8) Emily Camp R. P. Dawkins Middle School Trumpet Anthony Inserillo Mauldin High School Yerin Lee R.C. Edwards Middle School Christian Gyles James F. Byrnes High School Katrina Shull R.C. Edwards Middle School Gordon Baker Lawson Academy of the Arts Oboe Parker Solesbee Seneca Senior High School Blake Queen Landrum High School Addie Townsend Travelers Rest High School Trevor Brady Easley High School Cole Gardner Greenville High School Ara Singleton Pickens High School Grace Parel R.C. Edwards Middle School Alan Rowland Easley High School Andrew Brown Boiling Springs High School Rishi Desai Sterling School Nelson Rivera Dorman High School Chyre Bates Spartanburg High School Bassoon Madison Garner James F. Byrnes High School Tashler Greene Spartanburg Day School Steven Saulnier Walhalla Senior High School Isabella Young Easley High School James Goar Boiling Springs High School Amelia Caputo Riverside Middle School (Greer) Jaime Lagos Dorman High School Davin Lor Dorman High School Kalyn Baxter Berry Shoals Intermediate School Paul Owen Boiling Springs High School Cora Croxford Riverside High School Jenna Zirbel Walhalla Middle School Ellen Stancil West-Oak Senior High School Megan Garner D.R. Hill Middle School Kenny Huynh Mauldin High School Nolan Wiley Florence Chapel Middle School Christian Swindle Seneca Senior High School Eli Harris Gable Middle School Riley Stokes Daniel High School David Martinez Woodmont Middle School Jennifer May James F. Byrnes High School Sierra Bishop Rainbow Lake Middle School Heather Byers West-Oak Senior High School Sam Housand R.C. Edwards Middle School Honoka Segi Dorman High School Caleb Standridge Mauldin Middle School Seth Trotter Daniel High School French Horn Rebecca White Pickens High School Jordan Cummings Easley High School Makala Fuller Spartanburg High School Abby Druckenmiller Mauldin High School Joelle Zima Wade Hampton High School (Greenville)

Teyler Cook Greenville High School Gwyneth Waddington Easley High School

Dean Centa Mauldin High School Benjamin Branham Easley High School Emily Porter Greer High School Madison Scott Travelers Rest High School Grace Zatorsky Landrum High School Matthew Jones Dorman High School Fernando Delgado Fisher Middle School Landon Shepard D.R. Hill Middle School Evelyn Padilla Boiling Springs Middle School Jill Brown Florence Chapel Middle School Danny Schulz Florence Chapel Middle School Brianna Goings Florence Chapel Middle School Ian Hamrick Bob Jones Academy Janice Soto Riverside Middle School (Greer) Trombone Jacob Paulsen Mauldin High School Jakira Bogan Gable Middle School Will Hodge Mauldin High School Tristen Godfrey McCracken Middle School Mitchell Beard Mauldin High School Ansley Brock Seneca Middle School Charlie Burrell Spartanburg High School Bass Clarinet Victor Pantoja-Sosa Woodmont High School Oscar Guillen Southside High School Scott Buie Mauldin High School Valentine Jenkins Easley High School Evan Cathcart Seneca Senior High School Antonia Cristini Mauldin High School Grace Ann Vargo Walhalla Senior High School Maddy Diersing R.C. Edwards Middle School Jadakus Coker Boiling Springs High School Audrey Durham Berry Shoals Intermediate School JonPaul Hooks Northwest Middle School Kasey Wood West-Oak Senior High School Contra Bass Aidan Langston-Smith Beck Academy

Victoria Duncan Pickens Middle School Anthony Wagner Greer Middle School Chad Stratton Florence Chapel Middle School Alternate Band cont.

Bass Trombone Christopher Osolinski James F. Byrnes High School Battery/Mallets Deidre Brown Pickens High School Euphonium Soloman Wilkins Pickens High School Josh Rhodes Easley High School Nathan Fowler Woodmont High School Savannah Hughes Greenville High School Will Lawton Spartanburg High School Amber Robinson Chapman High School Conner Christ Hampton Park Christian School Graham McCrary R.C. Edwards Middle School Mary Atieh Riverside High School Josh Cooper Gable Middle School Ria Shah Dorman High School Tuba Mark Poore' Travelers Rest High School Ethan Platt James F. Byrnes High School Will Betsill Easley High School Tavarie Taylor Daniel High School Patrick Wofford Mauldin High School Liam Morgan Mauldin Middle School Michael Roche Lawson Academy of the Arts Nathan Painter Mauldin Middle School Preston Smith Riverside High School Korbin Ferguson Mauldin Middle School Mequil Waller Spartanburg High School Alex Butts Pickens High School Rya Bohmer D.R. Hill Middle School John Thomas Grant Florence Chapel Middle School Timpani Blake Haefner Easley High School Vineet Saraf R.C. Edwards Middle School Brady Hightower Walhalla Senior High School Mateo Gonzalez Woodmont Middle School T'Jani Davis Greer Middle School Jack Day Bryson Middle School

Alternate Band Program To be selected from the following:

Aggressivo………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Randall Standridge

Aces of the Air …………………………...………………………………………………………….…………Karl King/James Swearingen

At Morning’s First Light…………………………………………….………………………….....…………………..……David Gillingham

Ballymore Down…………………………………………………………………………….……….…………...…………...Carl Strommen

Celtic Rituals…………………………………………………….……………………………………………………....………John Higgins

Junk Funk Shuffle……………………………………..…………………………………………………………………..…….Kevin Mixon

The Avengers………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………Michael Brown

Megan Cooper is a native of Pendleton, South Carolina. A 2002 graduate of Pendleton High School, she attended Winthrop

University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She graduated from Winthrop, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education in 2006.

Mrs. Cooper is the Director of Bands at Gable Middle School in Spartanburg School District Six in Roebuck, South Carolina where she has served for the past nine years. During that time, she has also assisted the Dorman High School Band. Under her direction, the Gable Middle School Bands have consistently earned Superior ratings at South Carolina State Concert Band Performance Assessment and other state and regional adjudicated events. While at Gable, her bands have been awarded seven consecutive Outstanding Performance Awards. In addition to her responsibilities at Gable, Mrs. Cooper is a member of Phi Beta Mu, the South Carolina Band Director’s Association, South Carolina Music Educator’s Association, The National Association for Music Education, Delta Omicron, and Pi Kappa Lambda.

Mrs. Cooper resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina with her wonderful husband Robbie, and their two young sons, Jack and Henry. Junior Band

Flute Bess Bridwell Sevier Middle School Trumpet Marqual Littlejohn Fairforest Middle School Megan Turner R. P. Dawkins Middle School Drew Chynoweth Gable Middle School Kinsley Brock Gettys Middle School Stephanie Sproles R. P. Dawkins Middle School Cari Ann Nazario Mauldin Middle School Drew Goessel Mauldin Middle School Brooke Lane Blue Ridge Middle School Lorenzo Hannon Greenville Middle Academy Claryn Greenway McCracken Middle School Kimsey Fiddie St. Joseph’s Catholic School Rylee Williams Seneca Middle School Chadwick Lee Florence Chapel Middle School Jaimee Inglett Rainbow Lake Middle School Abby Shipman Northwest Middle School Annslee Smith R.C. Edwards Middle School Sarah Song Riverside Middle School Eduardo Dera Gable Middle School Lillie Eldridge R.C. Edwards Middle School Aidan Wilson Sterling School Shreya Santhanam Seneca Middle School Rusty Lipford Florence Chapel Middle School Elija Hicks League Academy Oboe Hannah Cory R.C. Edwards Middle School Brian Hernandez D.R. Hill Middle School Whitney Durham Berry Shoals Intermediate School Millie Chavez R. P. Dawkins Middle School Sydney Fulcher Mauldin Middle School John Phillips Riverside Middle School (Greer) Brandon Dean Gettys Middle School Candice Johnson Gable Middle School

Bassoon Amanda Cox Florence Chapel Middle School French Horn Nick Giaimo Gable Middle School Elli Edgar Mauldin Middle School Jaden Taylor Walhalla Middle School Vincent Pedersen Gable Middle School Angela Levasseur Florence Chapel Middle School Madeleine Rhyne League Academy Ivey May Greer Middle School Cameron Srivastava Spartanburg Day School Clarinet Sydney Weeks R.C. Edwards Middle School Elise Halbig Seneca Middle School Kali Allred Walhalla Middle School Anna Becknell McCracken Middle School Kayla Forrester R.C. Edwards Middle School Quinn Berzins Riverside Middle School (Greer) Emma Saunders Florence Chapel Middle School

Samantha Weber Gable Middle School Trombone Luke Hulsey Gable Middle School Sara Paddenburg Mauldin Middle School Jack Eitel Berry Shoals Intermediate School Hannah Autry Boiling Springs Middle School Kylie Roach Lead Academy Charter School Spencer Jones Berry Shoals Intermediate School Jennifer Centa Beck Academy Victoria Smith Gable Middle School Caroline Shaw McCracken Middle School Ni'Keisa Campbell Gable Middle School Evan Johnson Florence Chapel Middle School Emory Moser Rainbow Lake Middle School Quint Mayer Walhalla Middle School Dalton Markley E.P. Todd School (K-8) Ashlyn Scheuch Mauldin Middle School Jaden Craig Pickens Middle School Christa Saadati Mauldin Middle School Brady Nelson Mauldin Middle School Matthew Dale Bob Jones Academy

Abby Ellason Gable Middle School Euphonium Matthew Everette Florence Chapel Middle School Shelby Irvin Walhalla Middle School Daniel Aguilar Walhalla Middle School Sydney Davis Pickens Middle School Kritika Ravichander Sterling School Anna Brooks-Knepfle R.C. Edwards Middle School Ashley Abel Mauldin Middle School Tien Nguyen League Academy Sarah Hill Riverside Middle School (Greer) Annaka Osborne R.C. Edwards Middle School Tuba Matthew Schilf R.C. Edwards Middle School Sarah Grace Smyre R. P. Dawkins Middle School Michael Leiby Fisher Middle School Erica Sheriff Gettys Middle School Scott Elliott Beck Academy Acie Sistrunk Florence Chapel Middle School Bass Clarinet Sara Beth Dockins R.C. Edwards Middle School Jacob Gourdin R.C. Edwards Middle School Hunter Poston Gettys Middle School Luca Lambert Hughes Academy Middle School Dawson Williams Walhalla Middle School Kolby Scruggs Seneca Middle School Madison Burgess Gettys Middle School John Thomas Grant Florence Chapel Middle School

Alto Ivan Lin R.C. Edwards Middle School Battery/Mallets Gregory Adams Seneca Middle School Saxophone Elliott Swain R.C. Edwards Middle School Tristan Willcox McCracken Middle School Jaime Bustos D.R. Hill Middle School Jobey Faneytte Gettys Middle School Landon Taylor League Academy Jason Button McCracken Middle School Emma Curan St. Joseph’s Catholic School Kendall Montgomery Berry Shoals Intermediate School Mika Kolpatzik Beck Academy Thomas Harding R.C. Edwards Middle School Tenor Gio Garcia Greenville Middle Academy Saxophone Anton Fair Pickens Middle School

Grantland Rogers Gettys Middle School Timpani Morgan Scott Mauldin Middle School Bari Saxophone Carter Antley Mauldin Middle School Junior Band Program

To be selected from the following: Flight of the Thunderbird…………………………………………………………………,,……Richard Saucedo

Galactic Mission…………………………………………………………………………………Joshua V Hinkel

Psalm 42………………………………………………………………………………..………..….Samuel Hazo

Rippling Watercolors…………………………………………………………………...………..Brian Balmages

Spirals of Light.…………….………………………………………………..……………….....Sean O’Laughlin

To the Stars!…………………..……………………………………………………….…..……Joshua V. Hinkel

Viper…………………………………………………………………………………………………..Jay Bocook

Joshua Hinkel serves as the Associate Director of Bands at River Bluff High School in Lexington, South Carolina. Ensembles under his direction have received superior ratings at festivals as well as numerous regional, state and circuit championships. Before coming to River Bluff, Mr. Hinkel served as Director of Bands at Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, South Carolina, Lake View High School in Lake View, South Carolina and R.H. Rolling’s Middle School of the Arts in Summerville, South Carolina. In con- stant demand as a composer, conductor and arranger, his works can be heard from concert halls of the Kennedy Center for the Perform- ing Arts, ballrooms of the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, to the performing venues of Drum Corps International (DCI), Winter Guard International (WGI) and Bands of America (BOA).

He is a featured concert band composer with C. Alan Publications from Greensboro, North Carolina and Alfred Publishing from Van Nuys, California. Nationally recognized, he is continually in service as a composer/conductor, traveling all over the , work- ing with students at numerous honor band clinics and festivals. Mr. Hinkel enjoys nothing more than working with student musicians in the pursuit of creating beautiful and exciting music. He has also been a Grammy Award nominated music educator.

Within the marching arts activity, Mr. Hinkel currently serves as the brass arranger for the Carolina Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps from Charlotte, North Carolina. Past composition and arranging appointments have included the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps from Seattle, Washington, Spokane Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps from Spokane, Washington and staff arranging duties for the Coastal Carolina “Spirit of the Chanticleer” Marching Band. Other musical affiliations have included the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps, the Tampa Bay Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps and Coastal Surge Drum and Bugle Corps in addition to numerous high school and college programs throughout the United States.

Mr. Hinkel is a member of the Vic Firth Educational Team. He holds the B.M. in Music Education from the University of South Carolina and the M. Ed in Secondary Education from Coastal Carolina University. Mr. Hinkel’s passion is to create new and exciting music for students of all ages in addition to teaching life-skills, leadership and the art of music making. He is also a national board certified teacher (NBCT). He resides in Lexington, South Carolina with his wife Jessica, Yorkshire Terrier Joey and attends NewSpring Church.

Clinic Band Flute Grace Burd Easley High School Tenor Saxophone Will McDonald James F. Byrnes High School Andrew Johns Dorman High School Abby Looper Pickens High School

Hayley Cantrell Dorman High School Kylie Rudolph Daniel High School Bari Saxophone Payton Kennemore James F. Byrnes High School

Emma Mecklenburg Christ Church Episcopal School Trumpet Andy Bogan Spartanburg High School Emily Clark Dorman High School Connor Nelson Mauldin High School Megan Eubanks Mauldin High School Savannah Colliver Mauldin High School Haylen Satterfield Dorman High School Chandler Waldrop Riverside High School Kalika Bridwell James F. Byrnes High School Maria Cooper J.L. Mann High School Jenna Figueiredo James F. Byrnes High School Noah Factor Daniel High School Ash Bullock Mauldin High School Jake Cribley J.L. Mann High School Leo Markowitz Greenville Tech Charter High School Meredith Clem Liberty High School Jack Disbrow Mauldin High School

Hayden Copeland Mauldin High School Oboe Maxwell Canipe Greer High School Connor Hammond Spartanburg Day School Lizzie Dillard Boiling Springs High School Christopher Blount Mauldin High School Ellie Vensel Spartanburg High School Hunter Davis Chapman High School Chase Ethridge James F. Byrnes High School Sarah Schaible Eastside High School Sam Matthews Greer High School Bassoon Rae Docherty Dorman High School Griffin Howland Daniel High School Nathan Bond Mauldin High School Hannah Koke James F. Byrnes High School French Horn Emily Holliday Pickens High School Margaret Wang Daniel High School Audrey Boyles Walhalla High School Caitlyn Howard Travelers Rest High School Jordan Floyd Riverside High School Clarinet Jacob Seiter Woodmont High School Chancellor Roark Dorman High School Kylan Hayes Dorman High School Christopher Cole James F. Byrnes High School Christina Evans Boiling Springs High School Abi Ladd Woodmont High School Marcel Burgess Dorman High School Elizabeth Stevens Spartanburg High School

Jessica Shaefer Daniel High School Trombone Matthew Alex Watson The Fine Arts Center Kinsley George Lawson Academy of the Arts Caitlin Roberson James F. Byrnes High School Parker Rhoads Daniel High School Andrew Kevic Southside High School Ellie Cannon Seneca High School Heinrich Gottberg Hillcrest High School Josh Guy Mauldin High School Lauren Sudduth Daniel High School Braden Duncan West-Oak High School Courtney Fuller J.L. Mann High School Nicholas Rich Travelers Rest High School Kaitlyn Hall Riverside High School Brandon Beck Mauldin High School Morgan Vuknic Seneca High School Michael Voorhees Blue Ridge High School Sara Brown James F. Byrnes High School Jonathan Arcamone Boiling Springs High School Angeline Chen Daniel High School Sabrina Roche Lawson Academy of the Arts Euphonium Richard Marsh Pickens High School Muslimah Muhammad James F. Byrnes High School Richard McDonald Daniel High School Kendal Conley Lawson Academy of the Arts Joshua Schumacher The Fine Arts Center Levi Hardy Woodruff High School Aracely Quintero Greer High School Breanna Weber James F. Byrnes High School Tuba Stephen Lewis Dorman High School Marlee Smith Greer High School Brentley Fravel Boiling Springs High School Luke Johnson Blue Ridge High School Andrea Weekes James F. Byrnes High School Conner Saunders James F. Byrnes High School Jaime Ruiz Easley High School Andrew Hospodar Boiling Springs High School Luis Gamboa-Buena Carolina High School Hunter Jefferson Seneca High School Sarah Zaw Mauldin High School Bass Clarinet Luke Smith West-Oak High School Ian Wallace West-Oak High School Bethanie Murriel Chapman High School Gwendolyn Krieger Daniel High School Percussion Kurt Reynolds The Fine Arts Center Kimberly Garcia Walhalla High School Jackson Wiley James F. Byrnes High School Elijah Manke Spartanburg High School Alto Saxophone Jason Williams Daniel High School Anna Moore Dorman High School Aaron Schickler Woodmont High School Jacob Zirbel Walhalla Senior High School Andrew Wang Daniel High School Alex Jensen James F. Byrnes High School Alex Weygandt Spartanburg High School Benjamin McIntyre Daniel High School Tristan Bolding Pickens High School

Nikhil Rangaraju Daniel High School Timpani Chase Kuhlman Walhalla High School Clinic Band Program

To be selected from the following:

Alleluia! Laudamus Te………………………………………………………..……………………...Alfred Reed

Grace………………………………………………………………..………………….……..….Brian Balmages

Rampage………………………………………..……………………………………….……………Todd Stalter Greenville Tech Charter High School The Black Mask March ………………………………………………….………………Al Hayes/Robert Foster

The Music Makers ………………………………………………..……………………………….…Alfred Reed

D. Vincent Clayton is retired after 34 years of teaching, the last 21 years at Ridge View High School in Columbia, South Carolina. He received both the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education degrees from the University of South Carolina.

Under his direction, the Ridge View band program received numerous Superior Ratings and awards in marching and concert events. The Blazer Marching Band was a consistent finalist at the South Carolina State Championships and at several Bands of America Regional competitions. The Ridge View Symphonic Band received numerous Superior Ratings at state and national events. They performed at the Bands of America National Concert Festival, four times at the South Carolina Music Educators State Conven- tion, twice at the University of South Carolina Band Clinic, the University of Southern Mis- sissippi Band Clinic, and the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational.

His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education; the National Band Association; the South Carolina Band Directors Association; Phi Beta Mu; Pi Kappa Lambda; and he is a Past Chapter President of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is also a charter member and Past President of the Palmetto Concert Band. Mr. Clayton received the National Band Association’s “Citation of Excellence” on five different occasions, the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s “Legion of Honor”, Phi Beta Mu’s “Outstanding Bandmaster Award”, and in 2016, Mr. Clayton was inducted in both the South Carolina

Band Directors Association’s and the Phi Beta Mu’s “Hall of Fame”. Senior Band Flute Kennedy Cantrell Easley High School Tenor Saxophone Taylor Neave West-Oak High School Deborah Thomas Bob Jones Academy Colin Lafever Boiling Springs High School Tyler Price West-Oak High School Amber Cox Boiling Springs High School Bari Saxophone Noah Leete J.L. Mann High School

Rachel Hunter Boiling Springs High School Trumpet Garrett Arwood Daniel High School Kelsey Hurry Dorman High School Justin Henke Dorman High School Lauren Rivers Mauldin High School Jonathan Dickey Dorman High School Kamyla Smith Boiling Springs High School Isaac Hoxit Easley High School Moriah Smith Bob Jones Academy Will Ellison Easley High School Belle Tyler West-Oak High School Ben Cagle Greer High School Nic Owens James F. Byrnes High School Hannah Gavalda West-Oak High School Victor Fleifel Spartanburg High School Mark Tolchinsky Riverside High School Hannah Gowan Travelers Rest High School Nick Kervin West-Oak High School Oboe Justin Huefner James F. Byrnes High School Justin Kelly Pickens High School Chris Wassynger Mauldin High School Robert Korleski Mauldin High School Hope Owens Walhalla Senior High School Micah Arms Blue Ridge High School Gabbi DeLuca Riverside High School Andrew Suttles Boiling Springs High School Daniel Brandt Chapman High School Destiny Smith Spartanburg High School Bassoon Hunter McLeod James F. Byrnes High School

Jake Brown James F. Byrnes High School French Horn Evan Watson Boiling Springs High School Shannon Lincoln Mauldin High School Elizabeth Bramel Pickens High School Elizabeth Dodd West-Oak High School Anna Grace Casillas Bob Jones Academy Taylor Abrahams James F. Byrnes High School Clarinet Brian Linder Broome High School Logan Britt Travelers Rest High School Ella Baldwin Daniel High School Daniel Batson Broome High School Marlee Case Blue Ridge High School Krista Just Pickens High School Olivia Lee Walhalla High School Cara Burrell Travelers Rest High School Madeline Krigbaum Blue Ridge High School Alyssa Campanelli Riverside High School Trombone Nathan Gardner Hampton Park Christian School Natalie Henderson Mauldin High School Wil Johnson James F. Byrnes High School Destinie Parks James F. Byrnes High School Jake Henjes Dorman High School Emma Younce Bob Jones Academy Adam Summey Hillcrest High School Jody Black James F. Byrnes High School Patrick Johnson Travelers Rest High School Pablo Galindo-Cano Wade Hampton High School Myles Bryan Pickens High School Kendal Agnew Boiling Springs High School Austin Hughes Boiling Springs High School Bethany Giovannetti Boiling Springs High School Adam Ballew Easley High School Jennifer Rose West-Oak High School Andrew Robertson Easley High School Kierra Walker Spartanburg High School Brooke Mitchell Hillcrest High School Bass Trombone Ethan Knight West Oak High School Amy Faust West-Oak High School Jana Sanders Bob Jones Academy Euphonium Jonathon Henderson Spartanburg Day School Megan Shackelford Dorman High School Derek Crile James F. Byrnes High School Samantha Hutter J.L. Mann High School Matthew Robison Riverside High School Sebastian Loaiza Travelers Rest High School Matthew Herndon James F. Byrnes High School Jennifer McCall Mauldin High School Tuba Quincy Eigner James F. Byrnes High School Jon Carmody Walhalla High School Jonathan Martz Boiling Springs High School Shannon Eubanks Mauldin High School Robert Bledsoe Woodmont High School Brandon Williams Daniel High School Bass Clarinet Amelia Owen Liberty High School Jonas McAninch Spartanburg High School Kaylee Jenkins West-Oak High School Jennie Worley J.L. Mann High School Drew Pauley Mauldin High School Bob Willis James F. Byrnes High School Mikala Ferguson Blue Ridge High School William Harris Dorman High School

Contra Bass Erica Snow Boiling Springs High School Percussion Nicolas Alvarez Riverside High School Clarinet Madison Jones Travelers Rest High School Gabriel Ruiz Woodmont High School Seth Brock West-Oak Senior High School Alto Saxophone Adib Young Easley High School Kirsten Baker Woodmont High School Leigha Turner Travelers Rest High School Brendan Williams Seneca Senior High School Nicholas Park Daniel High School Olivia James Travelers Rest High School Jarred Sareault James F. Byrnes High School Rachel Seto James F. Byrnes High School Drew Whelchel Spartanburg High School Chandler Wellman West-Oak High School Timpani Meg Gurley James F. Byrnes High School

Senior Band Program

To be selected from the following: Acceptance…………………………………………………………………………………….…Andrew Poor

Bayou Breakdown………………………………………………………………………..….....Brandt Karrick

Lightening Field…………………………………………………………………..……………...John Mackey

Waltz No. 2…………………………………………………………….Dimitri Shostakovich/James Curnow

Zing!...... Scott McAlister

Dr. Nola Jones is the Coordinator of Visual and Per- forming Arts for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Her duties include instructional supervi- sion of four hundred professional arts education specialists, curriculum planning, professional development and implemen- tation of Music Makes Us. Music Makes Us is a public/private partnership among Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry and music industry and community leaders in Nashville. Its pur- pose is to ensure Metro Nashville Public Schools is a world- wide leader in music education, bringing the resources of the Nashville music community together to enable participation and foster student success for all of its approximately 85,000 students. Prior to her appointment in Nashville, Dr. Jones served as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Tennessee at Martin and Assistant Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education at Northern Arizona University.

A native of Mississippi, Dr. Jones has enjoyed a successful tenure as a public school music educator. Ensembles Dr. Jones instructed were recognized for their achievements in concert, sight-reading and marching, including performances in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, three Bands of America Regional Championships and the John Philip Sousa Foundations’ prestigious Sudler Shield of Excellence. Dr. Jones maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician. She has appeared nationally in forty of the United States and internationally in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Spotify for Education’s Advisory Board. She is a member of the judge liaison team for Drum Corps International. She has served as a state chair for the National Band Association and is Past President of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters’ Eta Chapter. Her professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, Tennessee Music Educators Association, Tennessee Bandmasters Association, Middle Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu, Sigma Alpha Iota, Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi.

Dr. Jones received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Mississippi State University and the Master of Music Education degree from Mississippi College. She received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting

from the University of South Carolina where she was a student of Dr. William J. Moody.

Thank you to the following individuals and organizations:

~The 2017 region band clinicians for their time and dedication to our students

~Jeff Norman and Matthew Gill at Greer High School for hosting the region band auditions

~Bryan Bone, Gary Rhoden, & Austin Sanders at James F Byrnes High School for supplying the percussion equipment for Alternate Band Rehearsal.

John McAlister & Matt McDaniel at Spartanburg High School for supplying percussion equipment.

~The following band directors for their assistance during the region band clinic: Hannah Chapman, Kaci Cotter, Donna Cotter, Christina Herman, Ashleigh Ledford, Graham McBride, Aaron Herman, Carl Wylie, & Jason Ray

~The faculty and staff of the Furman University Music Department, especially Dr. Les Hicken Dr. Omar Carmenates, and Dr. Hugh Floyd and the staff of McAlister Auditorium for hosting the Region One Band Clinic

~The staff at Musical Innovations for their continued support of Region One Events

~All Region One Band Directors for their commitment to music education